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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000004

Eastbrookend

Eastbrookend is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,640 residents in Barking and Dagenham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barking and Dagenham
6,640

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,309

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,663.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

South Hornchurch, Havering8,469 residents · 73.3% owned · 21.5% no carRainham West, Havering6,737 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.0% no carHornchurch Marshes, Havering10,640 residents · 59.5% owned · 23.9% no carElm Park West, Havering8,634 residents · 70.9% owned · 21.2% no carRomford North West, Havering9,185 residents · 65.6% owned · 24.4% no carNorthumberland Heath, Bexley7,672 residents · 70.5% owned · 21.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Eastbrookend

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned66.8%
1,543 households
Private rented16.3%
376 households
Social rented16.2%
373 households
Shared ownership0.7%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.7%
985 households
Semi-detached38.9%
898 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.7%
269 households
Detached4.3%
100 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.6%
984 households
2 cars or vans in household24.8%
573 households
No cars or vans in household23.6%
544 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
208 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.8%
1,290 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
515 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
361 households
1 bedroom6.2%
144 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.5%
1,490 households
One-person household23.4%
540 households
Other household types12.1%
279 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.7%
616 households
1 person in household23.3%
539 households
3 people in household20%
462 households
4 people in household16.1%
373 households
5 people in household8.2%
190 households
6 people in household3.4%
78 households
7 people in household1.2%
28 households
8 or more people in household1%
24 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
1,238 residents
15–2919.7%
1,306 residents
30–4421.5%
1,428 residents
45–6425.1%
1,667 residents
65 and over15%
999 residents
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White62.9%
4,175 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15.9%
1,053 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African14.2%
946 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
246 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
222 residents
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.7%
1,634 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.5%
1,249 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.6%
777 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.5%
663 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
560 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.1%
3,246 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.6%
1,943 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,002 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
684 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
638 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.6%
615 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.6%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.7%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.9%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49%
3,257 residents
Good health33.7%
2,237 residents
Fair health12.5%
831 residents
Bad health3.9%
262 residents
Very bad health0.8%
54 residents
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
5,645 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
995 residents
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.9%
1,014 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
829 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
365 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.2%
98 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Eastbrookend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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