One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Schools are its strong suit (A+): primary results beat 97% of towns in England. At A− overall, Kelvedon and Feering ranks #25 of 81 in Essex. That leaves it better than 78% of UK towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well: the mean household earns £64,431 a year. The catch is hazard risk (D): 6.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Buying in is costly: the median home sold for £400,000, 6.8 years of area income. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for health.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Kelvedon and Feering is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kelvedon and Feering.
SchoolsA+
Results at Kelvedon and Feering’s schools beat 98% of towns in England
Of its 2 schools, one is shown below, with the reason. Kelvedon and Feering’s two primaries have 611 pupils between them. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 76% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 2 schools →
History
Kelvedon and Feering is rich in listed buildings: 216 per 10,000 residents, more than Essex’s towns or England’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover just over a fifth of Kelvedon and Feering’s land, above both Essex’s towns (3%) and England’s towns (7%). Its listed buildings include the Parish Church of St Mary, Grade I. Historic England’s list names 103 listed buildings locally: 2 Grade I, 11 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
Only 23% of Kelvedon and Feering’s commuters work within 5 km, fewer than in Essex’s towns or England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 79% of commuters, above both Essex’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). 12% of commuters who live in Kelvedon and Feering also work there. For every resident in work, Kelvedon and Feering has 0.8 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
HousingCost of living grade C
Private renting is less common in Kelvedon and Feering than in Essex’s towns or across England’s towns: 13%
Owners make up 72% of households, above both Essex’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%). Private rents average £1,213 a month across the Braintree council area. From September 2023 to August 2026, 261 homes sold inside Kelvedon and Feering’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £400,000.
£400Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Kelvedon and Feering£400K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£535,000
103
Semi-detached
£385,000
76
Terraced
£350,000
45
Flat or maisonette
£210,000
37
72%
of households own their home · England 61%
13%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,213
average private rent a month, Braintree council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
82% of residents say their health is good or very good
The nearest A&E to Kelvedon and Feering is Colchester General Hospital, 9.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Women here live to 85.9 on average and men to 80 (2019–23).
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Safety
More crimes per resident in Kelvedon and Feering than in 56% of UK towns
Kelvedon and Feering logged 201 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 16 complaints of anti-social conduct. Of all the crimes, 58% were violence and sexual offences. Burglary and damage came to 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year, near Essex’s towns (10.6) and higher than England’s towns (9.4).
24.6violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 44% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual116
Other theft26
Damage & arson12
Public order11
Vehicle crime11
Drugs8
Other crime6
Shoplifting4
Anti-social16
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
24.6
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.8
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
4.9
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Who lives here
An older town: 23% of people in Kelvedon and Feering are 65 or over, more than in Essex’s towns or England’s towns
Graduates make up 33% of adults. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Essex’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). Half the people of Kelvedon and Feering are older than 46.1.
46.1median age
Kelvedon and FeeringEssexEngland
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Charles Spurgeon: Alexander Melville, Public domain · Juliet Stevenson: Liam Daniel/Kindle Entertainment; cropped by Beyond My Ken 05:07, 25 April 2013 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mary Docwra: No photographer cited and 1890s date presumed, Public domain
Marks Tey, Tolleshunt Knights and Wickham Bishops have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Kelvedon and Feering
Are schools in Kelvedon and Feering good?
Primary results beat 97% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). Kelvedon and Feering has 2 state schools; places are handled by Essex council.
How many listed buildings are there in Kelvedon and Feering?
That is 8.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Parish Church of St Mary.
Does Kelvedon and Feering flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Kelvedon and Feering expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £400,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £210,000, terraced houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £385,000 and detached houses £535,000.
About Kelvedon and Feering
Town in Essex, England
Kelvedon and Feering is a built-up area of 4,771 people, in the Braintree council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
4,771 (Census 2021)
Council
Braintree
County
Essex
Region
East of England
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.5 km²)
ONS code
E63004232
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
