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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000318

Plumstead High Street

Plumstead High Street is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,064 residents in Greenwich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Greenwich
11,064

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,581

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,014.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

46.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.1%

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.

Plaistow Park, Newham7,724 residents · 28.7% owned · 51.4% no carBaker's Arms, Waltham Forest11,798 residents · 33.1% owned · 52.4% no carManor Park North, Newham7,350 residents · 34.6% owned · 45.7% no carWest Ham Park, Newham7,327 residents · 38.6% owned · 47.7% no carNeasden, Brent10,353 residents · 33.8% owned · 46.4% no carPlaistow South, Newham8,246 residents · 42.0% owned · 47.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plumstead High Street

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

Tenure

Private rented39.1%
1,400 households
Owned36.2%
1,297 households
Social rented23.8%
851 households
Lives rent free0.6%
20 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46%
1,649 households
Semi-detached18.2%
650 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.6%
594 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.9%
319 households
Detached7.7%
277 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
74 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household46.9%
1,678 households
1 car or van in household39.9%
1,428 households
2 cars or vans in household10.8%
388 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.4%
87 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.1%
1,328 households
2 bedrooms30.3%
1,086 households
1 bedroom16.6%
596 households
4 or more bedrooms15.9%
570 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.6%
1,920 households
One-person household25.7%
922 households
Other household types20.7%
740 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household25.7%
922 households
2 people in household24.1%
864 households
3 people in household17.3%
620 households
4 people in household13.8%
495 households
5 people in household8.1%
289 households
6 people in household4.7%
170 households
8 or more people in household4%
143 households
7 people in household2.2%
78 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
2,229 residents
15–2920.8%
2,300 residents
30–4424.8%
2,743 residents
45–6423.5%
2,603 residents
65 and over10.7%
1,189 residents
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh34%
3,765 residents
White29.4%
3,253 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African23.3%
2,582 residents
Other ethnic group9.1%
1,010 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%
452 residents
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.1%
2,887 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications25%
2,177 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.9%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
985 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.5%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
5,078 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
3,256 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.4%
385 residents aged 16 and over
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.8%
1,464 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
1,268 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.8%
1,207 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.5%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
502 residents aged 16 and over
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.6%
5,376 residents
Good health34.1%
3,777 residents
Fair health12.1%
1,341 residents
Bad health3.9%
432 residents
Very bad health1.2%
138 residents
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87%
9,626 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13%
1,438 residents
Plumstead High Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
1,314 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35.8%
1,282 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.1%
718 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.9%
248 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
19 households
Plumstead High Street · 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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