Epping Forest: local statistics
Epping Forest is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 138,394 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Epping Forest, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Epping Forest at £525,719 for July 2026, down 1.6% on a year before. It ranks as the 4th highest of 45 in the East of England; the average for the East of England was £337,518. Since July 2016 prices have risen 15%; the July high in the series was £537,659 in 2022. The average price is 11.5 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Epping Forest. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Epping Forest is £2,277.21, up £90.52 on 2025-26. It is the 41st highest of 45 in the East of England. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,561.33, so it has risen 46%.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Epping Forest had a life expectancy at birth of 85.3 years; for men it was 80.6, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.6 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.4 more. It is the 5th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
In March 2026, 9,300 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Epping Forest, 17% more than in 2016. That is 67 for every 1,000 residents, the 2nd highest in the East of England.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Epping Forest took home £883.00 a week before tax, or £45,618 over a year. That is 9.7% above the figure for the East of England and the 11th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £769.20, £113.80 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £668.40: a change of +32% before inflation.
Epping Forest had an estimated 138,394 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.9% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 5.8%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is the 31st fastest growth of 45 in the East of England. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 81.9% of Epping Forest residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 6.8 points), against 78.3% across the East of England. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 74.7% to 83.3%.
The claimant count for Epping Forest stood at 2,660 in August 2026, or 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. That compares with 2.9% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.5% (September 2023) and 4.2% (August 2021).
The police recorded 62.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in Epping Forest in the year to March 2026 (8,703 offences in all), mid-table in the East of England, 24th of 42. The rate was 67.6 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 56.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 130,848 |
| 2016 | 131,587 |
| 2017 | 132,376 |
| 2018 | 133,373 |
| 2019 | 134,206 |
| 2020 | 134,569 |
| 2021 | 134,941 |
| 2022 | 134,985 |
| 2023 | 136,224 |
| 2024 | 137,184 |
| 2025 | 138,394 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £458,686 |
| July 2017 | £487,324 |
| July 2018 | £496,651 |
| July 2019 | £478,727 |
| July 2020 | £495,935 |
| July 2021 | £488,097 |
| July 2022 | £537,659 |
| July 2023 | £516,807 |
| July 2024 | £535,287 |
| July 2025 | £534,030 |
| July 2026 | £525,719 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £668.40 a week |
| 2016 | £637.40 a week |
| 2017 | £632.50 a week |
| 2018 | £674.60 a week |
| 2019 | £708.90 a week |
| 2020 | £698.80 a week |
| 2021 | £664.80 a week |
| 2022 | £771.90 a week |
| 2023 | £830.70 a week |
| 2024 | £861.20 a week |
| 2025 | £883.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,561.33 |
| 2017-18 | £1,601.93 |
| 2018-19 | £1,678.60 |
| 2019-20 | £1,755.72 |
| 2020-21 | £1,815.71 |
| 2021-22 | £1,845.47 |
| 2022-23 | £1,923.28 |
| 2023-24 | £2,002.25 |
| 2024-25 | £2,100.67 |
| 2025-26 | £2,186.69 |
| 2026-27 | £2,277.21 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 56.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 65.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 74.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 81.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 84.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 75.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 79.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 76.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 72.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 67.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 62.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.9% |
| 2016/17 | 76.7% |
| 2017/18 | 81.6% |
| 2018/19 | 79.7% |
| 2019/20 | 79.8% |
| 2020/21 | 75.4% |
| 2021/22 | 83.3% |
| 2022/23 | 74.7% |
| 2023/24 | 77.9% |
| 2024/25 | 79.1% |
| 2025/26 | 81.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,975 |
| 2017 | 8,260 |
| 2018 | 8,390 |
| 2019 | 8,615 |
| 2020 | 8,725 |
| 2021 | 8,835 |
| 2022 | 8,855 |
| 2023 | 8,905 |
| 2024 | 8,910 |
| 2025 | 9,040 |
| 2026 | 9,300 |
Questions about Epping Forest
What is the average house price in Epping Forest?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £525,719.
How much is Band D council tax in Epping Forest?
£2,277.21 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Epping Forest?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.6 years for men and 85.3 for women.
What is the average salary in Epping Forest?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Epping Forest was £883.00 a week in April 2025 (£45,618 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the population of Epping Forest?
138,394 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Epping Forest?
2,660 in August 2026 (3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Epping Forest?
Home Office figures show 8,703 offences in the year to March 2026, or 62.9 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Epping Forest
Every body that makes decisions for Epping Forest, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Epping Forest council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Epping Forest in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Essex County Council county council
- Essex Police police force
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board NHS
- East of England in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Brentwood and Ongar: Alex Burghart (Conservative) MP
- Epping Forest: Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative) MP
- Harlow: Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the East of England: Breckland · Broadland · Cambridge · Ipswich · North Hertfordshire · Norwich
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