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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000367

London Fields & Mare Street

London Fields & Mare Street is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,418 residents in Hackney. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Hackney
10,418

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,593

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,100.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

67.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

62.0%

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.

Stockwell East, Lambeth9,631 residents · 26.0% owned · 64.5% no carKennington West & Vauxhall North, Lambeth9,846 residents · 24.2% owned · 68.0% no carBow South, Tower Hamlets11,328 residents · 27.1% owned · 64.7% no carBermondsey North, Southwark6,746 residents · 25.5% owned · 74.1% no carLower Holloway, Islington12,420 residents · 23.9% owned · 72.6% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no car

Most similar within Hackney

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Stoke Newington South, Hackney11,090 residents · 27.8% owned · 67.4% no carHaggerston West & Kingsland Basin, Hackney13,458 residents · 17.1% owned · 70.3% no carDalston East, Hackney9,217 residents · 31.4% owned · 64.4% no carHoxton North & West, Hackney8,862 residents · 19.3% owned · 71.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in London Fields & Mare Street

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

Tenure

Private rented36.6%
1,682 households
Social rented34.5%
1,583 households
Owned24.6%
1,129 households
Shared ownership4.1%
189 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement61.6%
2,829 households
Terraced13.7%
631 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.1%
463 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse7.3%
335 households
Semi-detached3%
138 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.4%
108 households
Detached1.5%
70 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
19 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household67.7%
3,108 households
1 car or van in household28.3%
1,301 households
2 cars or vans in household3.4%
156 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.6%
29 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.1%
1,888 households
1 bedroom28.3%
1,300 households
3 bedrooms22.7%
1,045 households
4 or more bedrooms7.9%
361 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.1%
2,300 households
One-person household32.8%
1,508 households
Other household types17.1%
787 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,592 households
1 person in household32.8%
1,508 households
3 people in household16.8%
773 households
4 people in household10.3%
471 households
5 people in household3.6%
165 households
6 people in household1.2%
55 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
1,417 residents
15–2926.3%
2,737 residents
30–4434%
3,540 residents
45–6419.9%
2,075 residents
65 and over6.2%
648 residents
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White59.8%
6,234 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African17.9%
1,869 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.7%
906 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.9%
821 residents
Other ethnic group5.6%
588 residents
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above62%
5,521 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.5%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.2%
998 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.8%
602 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.5%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
188 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
165 residents aged 16 and over
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.4%
6,621 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive22.9%
2,036 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
241 residents aged 16 and over
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.7%
2,372 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
2,129 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
860 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.3%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
290 residents aged 16 and over
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.6%
6,110 residents
Good health28.6%
2,982 residents
Fair health8.8%
913 residents
Bad health3%
309 residents
Very bad health1%
106 residents
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
9,049 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,371 residents
London Fields & Mare Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52%
2,390 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.7%
1,363 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.5%
621 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
206 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
15 households
London Fields & Mare 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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