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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000478

Emerson Park

Emerson Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,989 residents in Havering. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Havering
5,989

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,150

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,404.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.6%

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.

Uxbridge Common & Swakeleys, Hillingdon7,961 residents · 80.3% owned · 12.3% no carWalsall South East, Walsall6,845 residents · 88.6% owned · 10.4% no carCuffley & Northaw, Welwyn Hatfield5,642 residents · 83.2% owned · 7.5% no carLostock & Ladybridge, Bolton7,352 residents · 87.6% owned · 8.8% no carChigwell, Epping Forest6,999 residents · 81.5% owned · 7.9% no carTattenham North, Reigate and Banstead6,168 residents · 86.8% owned · 6.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Emerson Park

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

Tenure

Owned88.5%
1,902 households
Private rented6%
130 households
Social rented5.3%
114 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached67.5%
1,452 households
Semi-detached19.3%
415 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
221 households
Terraced2.4%
51 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household34.6%
745 households
1 car or van in household31.3%
674 households
3 or more cars or vans in household23.7%
510 households
No cars or vans in household10.3%
222 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms59.6%
1,282 households
3 bedrooms23%
495 households
2 bedrooms12.7%
273 households
1 bedroom4.7%
101 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.8%
1,483 households
One-person household20.8%
449 households
Other household types10.3%
223 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.4%
741 households
1 person in household20.9%
449 households
3 people in household16%
344 households
4 people in household15.9%
342 households
5 people in household7%
150 households
6 people in household3.6%
77 households
7 people in household1.2%
26 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
826 residents
15–2915.8%
949 residents
30–4415.4%
920 residents
45–6427.2%
1,631 residents
65 and over27.8%
1,664 residents
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White61.5%
3,681 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26.9%
1,612 residents
Other ethnic group5%
302 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.5%
268 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
126 residents
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.6%
1,810 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.3%
984 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
754 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
243 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.1%
2,805 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
2,229 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
55 residents aged 16 and over
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,036 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.9%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.4%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.5%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
348 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.2%
264 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.1%
3,123 residents
Good health33.4%
1,998 residents
Fair health10.7%
642 residents
Bad health3%
180 residents
Very bad health0.8%
46 residents
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
5,222 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
767 residents
Emerson Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.7%
1,133 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
715 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.5%
269 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
32 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Emerson 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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