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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000486

Elm Park East

Elm Park East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,355 residents in Havering. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Havering
7,355

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,990

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,771.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.6%

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.

Barnehurst South, Bexley8,306 residents · 72.7% owned · 21.5% no carLesnes Abbey, Bexley8,111 residents · 77.2% owned · 18.7% no carBursted Wood, Bexley7,986 residents · 84.6% owned · 16.0% no carOrpington East, Bromley7,156 residents · 80.7% owned · 18.3% no carWickham Street & East Wickham, Bexley6,624 residents · 71.0% owned · 22.4% no carLittle Thurrock South, Thurrock7,770 residents · 75.0% owned · 16.0% no car

Most similar within Havering

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Upminster Bridge, Havering8,476 residents · 75.4% owned · 18.8% no carHacton, Havering7,579 residents · 87.7% owned · 14.7% no carRomford North, Havering9,472 residents · 78.8% owned · 16.3% no carElm Park West, Havering8,634 residents · 70.9% owned · 21.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Elm Park East

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

Tenure

Owned81%
2,422 households
Private rented15.5%
463 households
Social rented3.3%
100 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached57.3%
1,714 households
Terraced21.9%
654 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12%
360 households
Detached4.8%
144 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
67 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47%
1,405 households
2 cars or vans in household24.6%
737 households
No cars or vans in household20.5%
613 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%
235 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.4%
1,567 households
2 bedrooms22.1%
661 households
4 or more bedrooms17.4%
520 households
1 bedroom8%
240 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
1,992 households
One-person household27.5%
823 households
Other household types5.9%
176 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.4%
998 households
1 person in household27.5%
823 households
3 people in household17.5%
522 households
4 people in household14.4%
431 households
5 people in household4.8%
144 households
6 people in household1.6%
48 households
7 people in household0.6%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,135 residents
15–2916.1%
1,182 residents
30–4419.3%
1,423 residents
45–6427.5%
2,020 residents
65 and over21.7%
1,595 residents
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.3%
5,981 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.9%
658 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.1%
372 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
232 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
112 residents
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.6%
1,642 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.2%
1,246 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,087 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
905 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%
728 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.3%
3,718 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.4%
2,371 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,264 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations17.4%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.6%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
690 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
679 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
3,502 residents
Good health35.4%
2,600 residents
Fair health13%
957 residents
Bad health3.2%
238 residents
Very bad health0.8%
58 residents
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
6,249 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
1,105 residents
Elm Park East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.5%
1,420 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
1,064 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
425 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
76 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Elm Park East · 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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