Is Meadowsweet Close in East Hertfordshire a nice place to live?

Meadowsweet Close is classified by the ONS as Comfortable Suburbia. Meadowsweet Close is in the lowest 10% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Meadowsweet Close is located in the Bishop's Stortford Silverleys ward of the East Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire.
Coordinates 51.863822, 0.134342
Grid Ref TL470205
Suburb Bishop's Stortford
Constituency Hertford and Stortford
Postcodes CM23 4PY

House Prices

The average house price in Meadowsweet Close is 100% higher than the rest of East Hertfordshire. The last sale we have on record is 6 Meadowsweet Close, that sold for £607,500. The average house price in East Hertfordshire is £0 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in Meadowsweet Close

Date No. Type Price
29/06/2021 6 Detached £607,500
30/10/2020 7 Detached £650,000
22/05/2020 2 Detached £576,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in Meadowsweet Close, Hertfordshire

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Hertfordshire Police in Meadowsweet Close during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Meadowsweet Close and compared that to the average for the Bishop's Stortford Silverleys ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Meadowsweet Close, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Bishop's Stortford Silverleys ward

Social economic statistics for Meadowsweet Close

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Meadowsweet Close is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Meadowsweet Close is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Meadowsweet Close experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Meadowsweet Close are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Meadowsweet Close involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Meadowsweet Close are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Meadowsweet Close are in the top 10% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Meadowsweet Close, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Meadowsweet Close are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Meadowsweet Close

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Meadowsweet Close.

Unemployment in Meadowsweet Close

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
2.88% of Meadowsweet Close residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Meadowsweet Close

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Meadowsweet Close. The proportion of retirees on Meadowsweet Close is 1.33% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
17.27% of Meadowsweet Close residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Meadowsweet Close

The proportion of home owners on Meadowsweet Close is 29.94% higher than the national average of 62%. 8.06% of properties in Meadowsweet Close are private rented and 0% are social rented.
91.94% of residents of Meadowsweet Close own their home

Country of Birth of Meadowsweet Close residents

The proportion if Meadowsweet Close residents born in the UK is 1.88% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 15.47% of Meadowsweet Close residents were born outside the UK.
84.53% of Meadowsweet Close residents were born in the UK

Meadowsweet Close Summary

With house prices in Meadowsweet Close more than the average for Hertfordshire and very low levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very wealthy road. Meadowsweet Close is the the top 10% of least income deprivated streets in England. Meadowsweet Close has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Meadowsweet Close maybe difficult.

Meadowsweet Close has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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