East of England
RegionEast England. 6,613,801 people in 19,132 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
There is no English Indices of Deprivation 2025 figure for East of England’s neighbourhoods yet.
How East of England compares
Each dot is a region. The black line marks the middle one.
Every region ranked: average house price, annual price change, population, female life expectancy and claimant rate.
House prices since 2000
Monthly average house price, smoothed. East of England’s is 4.1 times its 2000 level, in step with England’s.
Councils in East of England
| Name | Average house price, Jul 2026 | Population, 2021 | Female lifespan, 2022 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaberghDistrict | £330,523 | 92,341 | 85.0 years |
| BasildonDistrict | £367,233 | 187,571 | 83.3 years |
| BedfordUnitary authority | £333,824 | 185,225 | 83.9 years |
| BraintreeDistrict | £328,477 | 155,268 | 83.6 years |
| BrecklandDistrict | £268,905 | 141,476 | 83.4 years |
| BrentwoodDistrict | £514,480 | 77,047 | 85.1 years |
| BroadlandDistrict | £313,407 | 131,721 | 84.2 years |
| BroxbourneDistrict | £411,689 | 99,009 | 85.2 years |
| CambridgeDistrict | £475,151 | 145,674 | 84.0 years |
| Castle PointDistrict | £356,579 | 89,587 | 84.3 years |
| Central BedfordshireUnitary authority | £356,758 | 294,252 | 84.2 years |
| ChelmsfordDistrict | £378,080 | 181,523 | 84.3 years |
| ColchesterDistrict | £297,824 | 192,715 | 83.9 years |
| DacorumDistrict | £459,235 | 155,081 | 84.7 years |
| East CambridgeshireDistrict | £346,413 | 87,762 | 84.9 years |
| East HertfordshireDistrict | £457,417 | 150,158 | 85.6 years |
| East SuffolkDistrict | £276,301 | 246,058 | 83.8 years |
| Epping ForestDistrict | £525,719 | 134,980 | 85.3 years |
| FenlandDistrict | £225,613 | 102,462 | 82.3 years |
| Great YarmouthDistrict | £209,114 | 99,748 | 81.5 years |
| HarlowDistrict | £319,860 | 93,329 | 82.8 years |
| HertsmereDistrict | £548,704 | 107,827 | 85.4 years |
| HuntingdonshireDistrict | £308,374 | 180,832 | 84.1 years |
| IpswichDistrict | £221,445 | 139,642 | 83.0 years |
| King's Lynn and West NorfolkDistrict | £265,715 | 154,325 | 83.6 years |
| LutonUnitary authority | £284,946 | 225,262 | 82.6 years |
| MaldonDistrict | £389,529 | 66,208 | 83.6 years |
| Mid SuffolkDistrict | £315,898 | 102,699 | 85.2 years |
| North HertfordshireDistrict | £418,857 | 133,210 | 84.3 years |
| North NorfolkDistrict | £292,563 | 102,980 | 84.9 years |
| NorwichDistrict | £224,323 | 143,922 | 82.6 years |
| PeterboroughUnitary authority | £234,690 | 215,671 | 81.9 years |
| RochfordDistrict | £412,543 | 85,661 | 84.3 years |
| South CambridgeshireDistrict | £439,573 | 162,118 | 85.4 years |
| South NorfolkDistrict | £311,587 | 141,948 | 84.5 years |
| Southend-on-SeaUnitary authority | £328,383 | 180,686 | 82.9 years |
| St AlbansDistrict | £646,781 | 148,167 | 85.2 years |
| StevenageDistrict | £316,210 | 89,495 | 82.3 years |
| TendringDistrict | £259,568 | 148,291 | 82.2 years |
| Three RiversDistrict | £590,816 | 93,771 | 85.0 years |
| ThurrockUnitary authority | £321,941 | 176,001 | 82.7 years |
| UttlesfordDistrict | £476,329 | 91,341 | 86.4 years |
| WatfordDistrict | £404,299 | 102,246 | 83.8 years |
| Welwyn HatfieldDistrict | £448,681 | 119,836 | 84.6 years |
| West SuffolkDistrict | £294,810 | 179,948 | 84.4 years |
East of England in brief
East of England’s average house price was £337,518 in July 2026.
East of England had 6,335,074 usual residents at the census.
A baby girl born in East of England could expect to live 84.0 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In East of England, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.