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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000485

Upminster Bridge

Upminster Bridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,476 residents in Havering. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Havering
8,476

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,458

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,048.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.6%

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.

Blackfen, Bexley7,961 residents · 82.4% owned · 16.2% no carWelling, Bexley10,065 residents · 76.4% owned · 20.8% no carAshford West, Spelthorne11,430 residents · 72.8% owned · 13.2% no carBarnehurst North, Bexley7,933 residents · 83.6% owned · 15.6% no carBexleyheath Broadway, Bexley8,770 residents · 71.4% owned · 27.6% no carRuislip Manor, Hillingdon8,475 residents · 76.8% owned · 14.1% no car

Most similar within Havering

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Elm Park East, Havering7,355 residents · 81.0% owned · 20.5% no carHarold Park & Harold Wood, Havering9,782 residents · 72.9% owned · 18.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Upminster Bridge

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

Tenure

Owned75.4%
2,609 households
Private rented18.5%
640 households
Social rented5.7%
198 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56.4%
1,948 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.9%
652 households
Terraced12.2%
421 households
Detached6.7%
233 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3%
102 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
81 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.7%
1,682 households
2 cars or vans in household25%
865 households
No cars or vans in household18.8%
648 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
260 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.7%
1,579 households
2 bedrooms31.4%
1,085 households
4 or more bedrooms18.5%
639 households
1 bedroom4.4%
152 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.2%
2,358 households
One-person household25.6%
886 households
Other household types6.2%
213 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,160 households
1 person in household25.7%
886 households
3 people in household18.8%
649 households
4 people in household15.9%
550 households
5 people in household4.6%
160 households
6 people in household1%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,501 residents
15–2916.1%
1,362 residents
30–4421.5%
1,823 residents
45–6425.8%
2,190 residents
65 and over18.8%
1,596 residents
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.5%
7,246 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6%
509 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
361 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
243 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
118 residents
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.6%
2,104 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.5%
1,206 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
1,075 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
735 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.7%
4,385 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.1%
2,416 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,536 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16.5%
1,139 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,105 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
818 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.7%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
330 residents aged 16 and over
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.1%
4,328 residents
Good health34.6%
2,929 residents
Fair health10.5%
892 residents
Bad health3.1%
262 residents
Very bad health0.8%
66 residents
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
7,360 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,116 residents
Upminster Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.6%
1,819 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
1,172 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
417 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
47 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Upminster Bridge · 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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