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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000019

Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm

Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,663 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
9,663

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,208

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,187.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.8%

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.

Downham East, Lewisham7,771 residents · 40.9% owned · 36.8% no carSlade Green & Crayford Marshes, Bexley12,924 residents · 46.7% owned · 29.9% no carSt Helier North, Merton9,666 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.0% no carHigham Hill, Waltham Forest10,275 residents · 43.8% owned · 36.9% no carSt Helier South, Sutton9,188 residents · 45.1% owned · 28.0% no carWickham Lane & Winns Common, Greenwich7,557 residents · 45.2% owned · 37.4% no car

Most similar within Barking and Dagenham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside, Barking and Dagenham9,552 residents · 39.6% owned · 35.2% no carDagenham North, Barking and Dagenham9,485 residents · 43.4% owned · 33.4% no carDagenham Central, Barking and Dagenham9,865 residents · 41.5% owned · 34.5% no carBecontree South, Barking and Dagenham9,398 residents · 40.8% owned · 34.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm

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

Tenure

Owned41.6%
1,336 households
Social rented35.6%
1,142 households
Private rented20.3%
652 households
Shared ownership2.3%
75 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced57.7%
1,849 households
Semi-detached25.4%
815 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.9%
318 households
Detached6%
193 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 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
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.7%
1,496 households
No cars or vans in household31.2%
1,001 households
2 cars or vans in household18.4%
589 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
120 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.5%
1,427 households
3 bedrooms41.5%
1,332 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
259 households
1 bedroom5.9%
188 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69%
2,211 households
One-person household18.3%
588 households
Other household types12.7%
406 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

3 people in household23.1%
743 households
2 people in household23.1%
741 households
4 people in household19.8%
636 households
1 person in household18.3%
589 households
5 people in household10%
322 households
6 people in household3.8%
121 households
7 people in household1.3%
41 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.9%
2,499 residents
15–2919.4%
1,874 residents
30–4423.6%
2,276 residents
45–6422.5%
2,173 residents
65 and over8.7%
841 residents
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White52.1%
5,037 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African22.8%
2,201 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17.8%
1,720 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
443 residents
Other ethnic group2.7%
260 residents
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.8%
2,231 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.4%
1,644 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.9%
976 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
900 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
255 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
253 residents aged 16 and over
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.2%
4,302 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.1%
2,463 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.7%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
1,116 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.2%
999 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.4%
941 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
839 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.8%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.7%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
364 residents aged 16 and over
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
4,822 residents
Good health33.6%
3,246 residents
Fair health11.6%
1,120 residents
Bad health3.8%
368 residents
Very bad health1.1%
108 residents
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.7%
8,278 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.3%
1,385 residents
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.5%
1,202 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,178 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
633 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.8%
187 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm · 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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