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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000241

Northolt East

Northolt East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,395 residents in Ealing. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Ealing
7,395

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,600

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,667.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.6%

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.

Mitcham East, Merton9,009 residents · 49.6% owned · 35.9% no carFeltham East, Hounslow12,535 residents · 57.3% owned · 24.2% no carYeading Brookside, Hillingdon8,646 residents · 52.0% owned · 20.7% no carFairlop, Redbridge14,594 residents · 61.4% owned · 22.2% no carAlexandra Park, Harrow6,983 residents · 55.2% owned · 28.0% no carChadwell Heath East, Barking and Dagenham11,542 residents · 55.6% owned · 29.4% no car

Most similar within Ealing

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitton Avenue West, Ealing10,707 residents · 49.7% owned · 28.1% no carGreenford North, Ealing8,722 residents · 51.1% owned · 30.6% no carBilton Road, Ealing6,885 residents · 60.7% owned · 23.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Northolt East

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

Tenure

Owned57.4%
1,492 households
Private rented32.9%
856 households
Social rented9.1%
236 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced32.9%
856 households
Semi-detached32.1%
835 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement23.9%
621 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.7%
123 households
Detached3.5%
92 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
38 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.1%
1,224 households
No cars or vans in household25.2%
654 households
2 cars or vans in household21.1%
548 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.7%
174 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.5%
1,131 households
2 bedrooms30.9%
803 households
4 or more bedrooms14.3%
371 households
1 bedroom11.4%
296 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62%
1,613 households
One-person household22.3%
580 households
Other household types15.7%
409 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.7%
693 households
1 person in household22.2%
578 households
3 people in household18.9%
490 households
4 people in household18.4%
479 households
5 people in household8.5%
220 households
6 people in household3%
79 households
7 people in household1.4%
36 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
24 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
1,382 residents
15–2919.1%
1,416 residents
30–4424%
1,772 residents
45–6426.4%
1,949 residents
65 and over11.8%
876 residents
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White41.3%
3,051 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh29.7%
2,198 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.1%
968 residents
Other ethnic group11.6%
854 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
322 residents
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.6%
2,223 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.3%
1,141 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
843 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.2%
663 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
544 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
256 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
3,726 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.1%
2,015 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.6%
1,038 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
784 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.1%
656 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11%
648 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.8%
580 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
292 residents aged 16 and over
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
3,668 residents
Good health36.1%
2,672 residents
Fair health10.9%
803 residents
Bad health2.5%
187 residents
Very bad health0.9%
65 residents
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.6%
6,554 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.4%
841 residents
Northolt East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45%
1,168 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
959 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
374 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
90 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Northolt 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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