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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000022

Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside

Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,741 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
7,741

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,797

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,270.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

48.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.9%

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.

North Woolwich, Newham7,086 residents · 21.0% owned · 48.8% no carGrahame Park, Barnet10,532 residents · 26.9% owned · 38.6% no carBeckton, Newham9,426 residents · 23.2% owned · 45.9% no carNortholt South, Ealing9,306 residents · 31.7% owned · 35.5% no carWoolwich South, Greenwich12,861 residents · 26.1% owned · 55.0% no carStonebridge, Brent10,625 residents · 16.0% owned · 50.2% no car

Most similar within Barking and Dagenham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Barking Central, Barking and Dagenham10,568 residents · 19.1% owned · 60.6% no carCreekmouth & Barking Riverside, Barking and Dagenham14,055 residents · 40.1% owned · 35.0% no carThames View, Barking and Dagenham8,019 residents · 29.9% owned · 37.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside

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

Tenure

Social rented49.2%
1,375 households
Private rented26.1%
729 households
Owned17.3%
483 households
Shared ownership7.2%
202 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement87.6%
2,448 households
Terraced6.5%
182 households
Semi-detached3.4%
94 households
Detached1%
27 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household48.2%
1,349 households
1 car or van in household42.8%
1,198 households
2 cars or vans in household7.6%
212 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.4%
40 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms48.1%
1,344 households
1 bedroom29.5%
825 households
3 bedrooms19.6%
549 households
4 or more bedrooms2.8%
78 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
1,798 households
One-person household27%
756 households
Other household types8.7%
242 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household27%
756 households
2 people in household25%
700 households
3 people in household18%
503 households
4 people in household15.3%
428 households
5 people in household8.1%
226 households
6 people in household3.4%
95 households
7 people in household2.6%
72 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
17 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1528.6%
2,212 residents
15–2920.6%
1,591 residents
30–4430.2%
2,341 residents
45–6417%
1,317 residents
65 and over3.6%
281 residents
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African33.8%
2,616 residents
White30.2%
2,335 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26%
2,010 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.3%
411 residents
Other ethnic group4.7%
365 residents
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.9%
2,322 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.7%
903 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
737 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.1%
599 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
507 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.5%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.4%
3,437 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.2%
1,693 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.4%
290 residents aged 16 and over
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.8%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.3%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
629 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.8%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.8%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.9%
4,484 residents
Good health30.3%
2,343 residents
Fair health8.3%
642 residents
Bad health2.8%
218 residents
Very bad health0.7%
52 residents
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.2%
6,984 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.8%
757 residents
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41%
1,146 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
1,020 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
463 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
153 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Gascoigne Estate & Roding 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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