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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000480

Rush Green

Rush Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,842 residents in Havering. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Havering
13,842

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,012

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,100.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.4%

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.

Belvedere & Lessness Heath, Bexley10,231 residents · 49.7% owned · 31.7% no carHaymill & Lynch Hill, Slough10,444 residents · 52.5% owned · 16.6% no carWest Drayton West, Hillingdon9,576 residents · 48.1% owned · 25.9% no carHolywell, Watford10,296 residents · 38.6% owned · 26.4% no carMilton & Chalk, Gravesham11,586 residents · 56.7% owned · 19.6% no carSouth Ruislip, Hillingdon9,695 residents · 64.2% owned · 19.4% no car

Most similar within Havering

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Romford South, Havering9,450 residents · 56.5% owned · 29.1% no carHornchurch Marshes, Havering10,640 residents · 59.5% owned · 23.9% no carRainham West, Havering6,737 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.0% no carRomford North West, Havering9,185 residents · 65.6% owned · 24.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rush Green

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

Tenure

Owned53.1%
2,659 households
Private rented26.2%
1,311 households
Social rented18.9%
948 households
Shared ownership1.7%
84 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement39.6%
1,987 households
Semi-detached27.2%
1,361 households
Terraced26.3%
1,320 households
Detached3.8%
188 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
99 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
48 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.4%
2,276 households
No cars or vans in household30.4%
1,526 households
2 cars or vans in household17.9%
898 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
312 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.1%
2,012 households
2 bedrooms32.3%
1,620 households
1 bedroom14.2%
714 households
4 or more bedrooms13.3%
666 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.8%
3,248 households
One-person household24.1%
1,206 households
Other household types11.1%
558 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household27.8%
1,395 households
1 person in household24.1%
1,206 households
3 people in household20%
1,004 households
4 people in household16.1%
808 households
5 people in household7.3%
366 households
6 people in household2.6%
129 households
7 people in household1.3%
63 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
40 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.1%
3,054 residents
15–2919.7%
2,731 residents
30–4426%
3,597 residents
45–6421.2%
2,935 residents
65 and over11%
1,525 residents
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White57.3%
7,937 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.3%
2,813 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.6%
1,877 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
712 residents
Other ethnic group3.6%
501 residents
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.6%
3,778 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.2%
2,036 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.6%
1,554 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
460 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
363 residents aged 16 and over
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.4%
6,839 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.4%
3,442 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
2,139 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
1,356 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
1,279 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.1%
1,177 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.2%
1,087 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.2%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.2%
870 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
513 residents aged 16 and over
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.6%
7,281 residents
Good health32.6%
4,508 residents
Fair health10.5%
1,455 residents
Bad health3.5%
483 residents
Very bad health0.8%
115 residents
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
11,987 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,855 residents
Rush Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.9%
2,350 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,703 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15%
754 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
195 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
10 households
Rush Green · 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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