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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000068

Erith East

Erith East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,176 residents in Bexley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bexley
8,176

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,194

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,607

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.7%

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.

Waddon South, Croydon10,857 residents · 45.1% owned · 31.3% no carWickham Lane & Winns Common, Greenwich7,557 residents · 45.2% owned · 37.4% no carLonesome, Merton9,323 residents · 49.1% owned · 34.1% no carCentral Park & Frizlands Lane, Barking and Dagenham10,162 residents · 39.5% owned · 37.4% no carOld Dagenham Park & Village, Barking and Dagenham8,228 residents · 30.9% owned · 39.0% no carNortholt South, Ealing9,306 residents · 31.7% owned · 35.5% no car

Most similar within Bexley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Slade Green & Crayford Marshes, Bexley12,924 residents · 46.7% owned · 29.9% no carBelvedere & Lessness Heath, Bexley10,231 residents · 49.7% owned · 31.7% no carLesney Farm & Colyers East, Bexley8,861 residents · 47.9% owned · 26.5% no carErith West, Bexley7,212 residents · 65.2% owned · 25.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Erith East

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

Tenure

Owned41.4%
1,321 households
Social rented29.5%
942 households
Private rented24%
768 households
Shared ownership5%
160 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement46%
1,470 households
Terraced29.6%
945 households
Semi-detached16.8%
536 households
Detached4.1%
131 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
62 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.9%
1,403 households
No cars or vans in household36.5%
1,166 households
2 cars or vans in household15%
478 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%
149 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43.8%
1,401 households
3 bedrooms30.9%
988 households
1 bedroom17.2%
549 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
258 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
1,950 households
One-person household30%
960 households
Other household types9%
287 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30%
959 households
2 people in household25.2%
804 households
3 people in household19.2%
614 households
4 people in household15.2%
485 households
5 people in household7.3%
232 households
6 people in household2%
65 households
7 people in household0.8%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.9%
2,039 residents
15–2918.9%
1,547 residents
30–4423.8%
1,942 residents
45–6422.5%
1,839 residents
65 and over9.9%
809 residents
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White53%
4,332 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African27.2%
2,224 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.8%
961 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
410 residents
Other ethnic group3%
249 residents
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.7%
2,033 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.9%
1,197 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
861 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
820 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
660 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.3%
3,757 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.7%
2,091 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.9%
780 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.6%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
757 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
668 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
4,315 residents
Good health31.6%
2,584 residents
Fair health11%
896 residents
Bad health3.6%
296 residents
Very bad health1%
85 residents
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
6,949 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
1,227 residents
Erith East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.6%
1,331 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,095 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19%
606 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
149 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Erith East · 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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