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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000020

Creekmouth & Barking Riverside

Creekmouth & Barking Riverside is a Census neighbourhood of about 14,055 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
14,055

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,676

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,116.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.7%

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.

Chadwell Heath South West, Redbridge7,270 residents · 44.7% owned · 32.0% no carLonesome, Merton9,323 residents · 49.1% owned · 34.1% no carWest Drayton East, Hillingdon13,190 residents · 43.2% owned · 23.3% no carHighams Park West, Waltham Forest9,960 residents · 53.5% owned · 29.4% no carNortholt West, Ealing11,209 residents · 44.0% owned · 30.7% no carForest Gate North, Newham7,711 residents · 36.9% owned · 47.7% no car

Most similar within Barking and Dagenham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Becontree West, Barking and Dagenham12,863 residents · 36.3% owned · 34.2% no carBecontree Heath, Barking and Dagenham11,082 residents · 51.9% owned · 28.0% no carBecontree North, Barking and Dagenham12,041 residents · 42.1% owned · 29.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside

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

Tenure

Owned40.1%
1,876 households
Social rented31.2%
1,460 households
Private rented24.3%
1,135 households
Shared ownership3.8%
178 households
Lives rent free0.6%
27 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement37.1%
1,732 households
Terraced35.3%
1,648 households
Semi-detached19.2%
897 households
Detached5.6%
263 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
97 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.2%
2,252 households
No cars or vans in household35%
1,637 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
646 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3%
138 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38.4%
1,794 households
3 bedrooms35.3%
1,650 households
1 bedroom15.4%
721 households
4 or more bedrooms10.9%
508 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.3%
2,958 households
One-person household22.4%
1,048 households
Other household types14.3%
669 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household22.4%
1,048 households
2 people in household22.1%
1,034 households
3 people in household19.1%
894 households
4 people in household18.1%
846 households
5 people in household10.5%
493 households
6 people in household4.4%
206 households
7 people in household1.9%
91 households
8 or more people in household1.3%
61 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.5%
3,578 residents
15–2919.9%
2,794 residents
30–4427.3%
3,832 residents
45–6420.6%
2,900 residents
65 and over6.8%
951 residents
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White35.7%
5,014 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh31.1%
4,364 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African24.5%
3,446 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
623 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
607 residents
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.7%
3,869 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
2,206 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.1%
1,341 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.5%
1,179 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
948 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.8%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
330 residents aged 16 and over
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.9%
6,453 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.3%
3,414 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.9%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,656 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.6%
1,391 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.6%
1,189 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
1,131 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
1,001 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.7%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
482 residents aged 16 and over
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52%
7,305 residents
Good health33.8%
4,750 residents
Fair health10.2%
1,439 residents
Bad health3.1%
430 residents
Very bad health0.9%
129 residents
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.2%
12,541 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.8%
1,514 residents
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.7%
1,946 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
1,710 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17%
792 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
217 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
7 households
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside · 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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