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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000261

East Acton

East Acton is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,653 residents in Ealing. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Ealing
12,653

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,977

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,698.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.3%

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.

Colindale West & South, Barnet10,113 residents · 35.2% owned · 40.9% no carChilds Hill, Barnet6,674 residents · 40.3% owned · 46.1% no carLeyton South, Waltham Forest10,299 residents · 34.5% owned · 53.2% no carCricklewood Anson Road, Brent10,939 residents · 32.9% owned · 56.5% no carLea Bridge, Waltham Forest10,563 residents · 46.9% owned · 51.1% no carWillesden Green, Brent8,996 residents · 29.4% owned · 59.8% no car

Most similar within Ealing

The closest matches in the same local authority.

South Acton, Ealing9,607 residents · 32.9% owned · 54.6% no carActon Central, Ealing9,348 residents · 35.1% owned · 52.0% no carWest Ealing, Ealing11,232 residents · 39.5% owned · 47.2% no carHanger Hill East, Ealing7,717 residents · 44.8% owned · 35.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in East Acton

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

Tenure

Private rented40.1%
1,994 households
Owned32.3%
1,608 households
Social rented22.4%
1,114 households
Shared ownership4.9%
243 households
Lives rent free0.4%
18 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement53.6%
2,669 households
Semi-detached17.8%
887 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.9%
643 households
Terraced8.2%
410 households
Detached3.5%
175 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
144 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.2%
2,645 households
1 car or van in household36.2%
1,799 households
2 cars or vans in household8.7%
435 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.9%
96 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.4%
1,615 households
1 bedroom26.3%
1,307 households
3 bedrooms22.3%
1,110 households
4 or more bedrooms19%
945 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.6%
2,719 households
One-person household30.9%
1,536 households
Other household types14.5%
722 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.9%
1,536 households
2 people in household29.3%
1,457 households
3 people in household16%
797 households
4 people in household12.6%
625 households
5 people in household6.1%
302 households
6 people in household2.7%
136 households
7 people in household1.4%
70 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
54 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
2,163 residents
15–2924.4%
3,084 residents
30–4427.9%
3,525 residents
45–6421%
2,657 residents
65 and over9.7%
1,222 residents
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White48.6%
6,146 residents
Other ethnic group17%
2,154 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.7%
1,738 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.6%
1,720 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
892 residents
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.3%
5,114 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
1,577 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13%
1,349 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.1%
841 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
727 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4%
413 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
353 residents aged 16 and over
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.1%
6,858 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.2%
3,232 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
285 residents aged 16 and over
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
2,122 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.6%
1,615 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.3%
1,167 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.2%
1,059 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
537 residents aged 16 and over
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.9%
7,076 residents
Good health31%
3,923 residents
Fair health9%
1,145 residents
Bad health3.1%
387 residents
Very bad health1%
121 residents
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.5%
11,193 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.5%
1,459 residents
East Acton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.6%
2,323 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,729 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.5%
723 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
181 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
24 households
East Acton · 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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