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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000012

Longbridge & Barking Park

Longbridge & Barking Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,513 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
11,513

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,288

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,852.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.2%

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 Park, Redbridge16,292 residents · 64.3% owned · 22.5% no carChallney, Luton12,950 residents · 59.0% owned · 16.8% no carValentines Park & Cranbrook, Redbridge13,602 residents · 61.5% owned · 27.5% no carWexham Lea, Slough12,503 residents · 47.4% owned · 20.7% no carGoodmayes North, Redbridge8,383 residents · 49.4% owned · 31.8% no carQueens Park, Bedford9,778 residents · 50.9% owned · 27.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Longbridge & Barking Park

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

Tenure

Owned67.4%
2,216 households
Private rented20.1%
660 households
Social rented12.2%
402 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.7%
1,568 households
Semi-detached25.3%
832 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21%
690 households
Detached4.3%
143 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,464 households
2 cars or vans in household23.8%
782 households
No cars or vans in household23.4%
769 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.4%
275 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.3%
1,391 households
4 or more bedrooms31.8%
1,046 households
2 bedrooms16.9%
556 households
1 bedroom9%
295 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.8%
1,936 households
One-person household21.1%
694 households
Other household types20.1%
660 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household21.1%
694 households
4 people in household17.8%
585 households
2 people in household17.4%
573 households
3 people in household14.9%
490 households
5 people in household13%
427 households
6 people in household7.7%
253 households
8 or more people in household4.9%
160 households
7 people in household3.3%
107 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.7%
2,496 residents
15–2923.4%
2,698 residents
30–4422.1%
2,545 residents
45–6422.4%
2,578 residents
65 and over10.4%
1,192 residents
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh58.8%
6,763 residents
White25.9%
2,977 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.9%
1,030 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
380 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
360 residents
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.2%
3,022 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.3%
1,709 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,423 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.1%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
902 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
359 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
5,142 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.5%
3,403 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.4%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
1,545 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.3%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.7%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.5%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.8%
1,045 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.8%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
337 residents aged 16 and over
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.9%
5,863 residents
Good health33.7%
3,880 residents
Fair health11.5%
1,325 residents
Bad health3%
342 residents
Very bad health0.9%
101 residents
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.3%
10,168 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.7%
1,342 residents
Longbridge & Barking Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.4%
1,394 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,145 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
605 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
134 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Longbridge & Barking Park · 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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