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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000121

Alperton West

Alperton West is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,239 residents in Brent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brent
12,239

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,627

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,770.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Hounslow West, Hounslow12,304 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.8% no carHayes South, Hillingdon11,368 residents · 45.4% owned · 30.6% no carChalvey, Slough13,508 residents · 34.6% owned · 32.1% no carWexham Road, Slough8,081 residents · 47.3% owned · 22.3% no carIlford South West, Redbridge11,487 residents · 29.2% owned · 47.3% no carEast Ham South West, Newham9,577 residents · 48.2% owned · 41.9% no car

Most similar within Brent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wembley West, Brent11,284 residents · 40.9% owned · 40.3% no carAlperton East, Brent11,293 residents · 46.1% owned · 40.9% no carSudbury East, Brent9,844 residents · 43.7% owned · 36.0% no carWembley East, Brent11,749 residents · 39.7% owned · 48.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Alperton West

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

Tenure

Owned40.4%
1,467 households
Private rented40.2%
1,459 households
Social rented14%
507 households
Shared ownership5.3%
192 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement47.9%
1,738 households
Semi-detached19.9%
723 households
Terraced18.1%
657 households
Detached6.1%
223 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6%
219 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
55 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44%
1,595 households
1 car or van in household39.8%
1,443 households
2 cars or vans in household12.6%
457 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
131 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.4%
1,176 households
3 bedrooms32%
1,162 households
1 bedroom19.4%
703 households
4 or more bedrooms16.2%
586 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.5%
2,049 households
Other household types23.2%
842 households
One-person household20.3%
735 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household22.1%
802 households
1 person in household20.3%
735 households
3 people in household18.4%
667 households
4 people in household16.6%
603 households
5 people in household9.3%
338 households
8 or more people in household5.6%
204 households
6 people in household4.9%
179 households
7 people in household2.7%
99 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
2,246 residents
15–2923.2%
2,835 residents
30–4426.9%
3,289 residents
45–6422%
2,693 residents
65 and over9.6%
1,176 residents
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh64.2%
7,860 residents
White14.6%
1,793 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.7%
1,309 residents
Other ethnic group7.8%
960 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
319 residents
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
3,125 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications30.8%
3,033 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.6%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.5%
931 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
457 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
318 residents aged 16 and over
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.8%
6,083 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.4%
3,481 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.7%
1,942 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.6%
1,433 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
1,218 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10%
981 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.9%
780 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
516 residents aged 16 and over
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.3%
6,650 residents
Good health32.6%
3,996 residents
Fair health9.8%
1,198 residents
Bad health2.4%
288 residents
Very bad health0.9%
108 residents
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act91.4%
11,184 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act8.6%
1,056 residents
Alperton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension41%
1,488 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35.5%
1,287 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.2%
659 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
176 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
17 households
Alperton West · 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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