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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000313

Thamesmead Birchmere Park

Thamesmead Birchmere Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,489 residents in Greenwich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Greenwich
6,489

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,596

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,880.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

46.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.8%

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.

South Thamesmead, Bexley9,430 residents · 31.2% owned · 39.9% no carOld Dagenham Park & Village, Barking and Dagenham8,228 residents · 30.9% owned · 39.0% no carBeckenham Hill, Lewisham7,536 residents · 28.3% owned · 46.3% no carHackney Marshes, Hackney6,845 residents · 16.4% owned · 62.5% no carLoughborough Road, Lambeth8,362 residents · 18.8% owned · 63.3% no carBellingham & Perry Hill, Lewisham8,473 residents · 43.9% owned · 41.0% no car

Most similar within Greenwich

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Woolwich Glyndon, Greenwich7,721 residents · 26.3% owned · 49.4% no carWoolwich West, Greenwich7,561 residents · 25.1% owned · 49.0% no carAbbey Wood North, Greenwich9,871 residents · 34.2% owned · 41.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thamesmead Birchmere Park

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

Tenure

Social rented62.7%
1,627 households
Owned21.9%
569 households
Private rented13.3%
346 households
Shared ownership1.8%
46 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement53.7%
1,394 households
Terraced26.9%
699 households
Semi-detached8.6%
224 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.3%
137 households
Detached4.5%
117 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household46.7%
1,213 households
1 car or van in household40.8%
1,060 households
2 cars or vans in household10%
260 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.4%
63 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.3%
917 households
1 bedroom31.5%
818 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
592 households
4 or more bedrooms10.4%
269 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.3%
1,355 households
One-person household37.2%
964 households
Other household types10.5%
272 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.2%
966 households
2 people in household20.4%
528 households
3 people in household17%
440 households
4 people in household13.3%
346 households
5 people in household7.5%
194 households
6 people in household3.2%
84 households
7 people in household0.8%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.2%
1,504 residents
15–2919%
1,233 residents
30–4420.8%
1,349 residents
45–6428.1%
1,821 residents
65 and over9%
584 residents
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White43.8%
2,843 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African43.5%
2,825 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
351 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
301 residents
Other ethnic group2.6%
170 residents
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.8%
1,742 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.1%
1,074 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.4%
651 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
586 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.2%
2,974 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.1%
1,707 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.7%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations15.2%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.9%
675 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.1%
638 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.8%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.4%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
500 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.2%
300 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
3,345 residents
Good health31.1%
2,020 residents
Fair health11.9%
774 residents
Bad health4%
262 residents
Very bad health1.4%
88 residents
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
5,486 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,003 residents
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.9%
1,009 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.8%
878 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.9%
517 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.4%
165 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
26 households
Thamesmead Birchmere Park · 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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