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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000267

Hanwell

Hanwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,151 residents in Ealing. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Ealing
8,151

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,219

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,814.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.5%

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.

Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest9,247 residents · 53.1% owned · 41.8% no carSyon Green, Hounslow12,224 residents · 46.8% owned · 29.0% no carRaynes Park, Merton8,599 residents · 50.3% owned · 37.1% no carPenge East, Bromley8,426 residents · 59.0% owned · 36.3% no carManor House, Lewisham8,155 residents · 48.1% owned · 45.6% no carSouth Woodford High Road, Redbridge12,393 residents · 57.6% owned · 28.5% no car

Most similar within Ealing

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Brent Valley, Ealing6,584 residents · 58.9% owned · 28.1% no carSouth Ealing, Ealing6,761 residents · 54.3% owned · 36.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hanwell

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

Tenure

Owned51.3%
1,651 households
Private rented31.2%
1,005 households
Social rented13.8%
444 households
Shared ownership3.6%
116 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.4%
1,173 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.4%
817 households
Semi-detached15.9%
511 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.7%
475 households
Detached3%
96 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3%
96 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
50 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.9%
1,605 households
No cars or vans in household35.7%
1,149 households
2 cars or vans in household12.6%
405 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.9%
60 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.2%
1,035 households
3 bedrooms30.5%
981 households
1 bedroom20.1%
646 households
4 or more bedrooms17.3%
557 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.3%
1,974 households
One-person household26.5%
852 households
Other household types12.3%
395 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.4%
978 households
1 person in household26.5%
852 households
3 people in household18.5%
595 households
4 people in household17.1%
549 households
5 people in household5.4%
174 households
6 people in household1.5%
48 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
1,641 residents
15–2916.3%
1,332 residents
30–4425.7%
2,097 residents
45–6427%
2,203 residents
65 and over10.7%
875 residents
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White65.3%
5,324 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.9%
1,054 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.1%
823 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.2%
504 residents
Other ethnic group5.5%
445 residents
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.5%
3,175 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.3%
857 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.1%
842 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
665 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)67.9%
4,362 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.1%
1,935 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
1,625 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
1,020 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.9%
894 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.3%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
243 residents aged 16 and over
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.6%
4,530 residents
Good health31.5%
2,566 residents
Fair health9.5%
771 residents
Bad health2.7%
219 residents
Very bad health0.8%
64 residents
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.6%
7,225 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.4%
926 residents
Hanwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.2%
1,682 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
999 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.2%
426 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.3%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Hanwell · 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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