Areas Within Maldon
The Maldon district is made up of 17 wards. It takes four of these little blighters to encompass the town of Maldon – Maldon North, Maldon South, Maldon East and, yes, Maldon West.
With my professional photo editing skills, courtesy of Paintbrush, you can see how Maldon is divided into its 4 wards in the two images below:
With my professional photo editing skills, courtesy of Paintbrush, you can see how Maldon is divided into its 4 wards in the two images below:
I’ve rummaged together some numbers that look at things like health, unemployment and benefit claimants and then some deprivation indices that measure income, income and education among other things. The figures in Table 1 come from a number of official sources and range in date from 2001-2009. If you are deeply interested, or if you think I’m a liar, I will be happy to provide links.
Clearly, Maldon North and Maldon East are just Hackney and Tower Hamlets by another name. By comparison, Maldon South and, in particular, Maldon West are infinitely healthier, better educated and claim less benefits. It’s quite a wonder how such enclaves co-exist without all-out class warfare.
The four wards can actually be split further into Super Output Areas (SOA). Data for each of these SOAs looks at indices of income, employment, health, education and crime. I haven’t looked into the details of how each measure was constructed, but basically each variable ranges from 1-41 with 1 being the worst and 41 the best.
First up is Maldon North:
The four wards can actually be split further into Super Output Areas (SOA). Data for each of these SOAs looks at indices of income, employment, health, education and crime. I haven’t looked into the details of how each measure was constructed, but basically each variable ranges from 1-41 with 1 being the worst and 41 the best.
First up is Maldon North:
Life in the red zone of Maldon North is clearly pretty miserable. Education levels are acceptable but in everything else, scores are pretty low. The yellow zone scores well for income and education with a very respectable overall score of 29. The blue zone of Maldon North encompasses so few houses that the data just tells the story of a few farmers and is omitted.
Now, Maldon East, being the smallest ward in terms of population, is actually not divided into any smaller areas. I don’t really know how I can discuss its scores without derision or sarcasm. Judge for yourself. I do have some sympathy though.
Now, Maldon East, being the smallest ward in terms of population, is actually not divided into any smaller areas. I don’t really know how I can discuss its scores without derision or sarcasm. Judge for yourself. I do have some sympathy though.
Moving quickly on to Maldon South (below), and here there is quite a lot of variation between different parts of this ward.
The red zone is full of perfect human beings - wealthy, healthy and well educated. The crime score, at 28, is a real blemish on the area, probably caused by insurgents from Maldon East. The yellow zone, aka Poets estate, throws up middling scores across the board, although there is a bit of crime about. The blue zone really lets down the rest of Maldon South, it is consistent in delivering poor scores across all measures. Still, its residents console themselves by telling each other they don’t live in Maldon East.
Lastly, Maldon West:
Lastly, Maldon West:
The red zone here is in direct competition with the red zone from Maldon South for the title of Maldon’s most well-to-do sub-ward. For now, this area of Maldon West rules the roost. Next to it, the yellow zone is a fine place to live.
Now unless some £6 per hour data inputer has made a typo, the blue zone of Maldon West is a highly curious case. Scores are fairly low, but not ashamedly so. That is apart from education. The score of 1 for education means this is the only measure in which Maldon East is not the worst. In fact, if you wander around Fitches Crescent you can often hear the locals brainstorming insults - admittedly it takes them a while - to poke at the simpletons in Washington Road.
I also heard it was someone from that boorish region of Maldon West who had the idea to put that zebra crossing just yards from the mini roundabout at the top of Market Hill.
Relative to its other scores, the blue zone of Maldon West scores well on crime. This is either because its residents are too dim to think of committing it or too dense to realise they have been victims.
Now unless some £6 per hour data inputer has made a typo, the blue zone of Maldon West is a highly curious case. Scores are fairly low, but not ashamedly so. That is apart from education. The score of 1 for education means this is the only measure in which Maldon East is not the worst. In fact, if you wander around Fitches Crescent you can often hear the locals brainstorming insults - admittedly it takes them a while - to poke at the simpletons in Washington Road.
I also heard it was someone from that boorish region of Maldon West who had the idea to put that zebra crossing just yards from the mini roundabout at the top of Market Hill.
Relative to its other scores, the blue zone of Maldon West scores well on crime. This is either because its residents are too dim to think of committing it or too dense to realise they have been victims.