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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000720

Forest Gate East

Forest Gate East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,489 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
7,489

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,123

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,275.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.0%

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.

Ilford North East, Redbridge7,039 residents · 52.5% owned · 30.4% no carBarking East, Barking and Dagenham9,133 residents · 46.5% owned · 40.7% no carGoodmayes South, Redbridge14,681 residents · 48.9% owned · 29.6% no carIlford South East, Redbridge9,840 residents · 48.4% owned · 31.6% no carLoxford Park, Redbridge7,395 residents · 36.7% owned · 38.9% no carSeven Kings Meads Lane, Redbridge8,108 residents · 48.8% owned · 32.0% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Ham Park, Newham7,327 residents · 38.6% owned · 47.7% no carEast Ham South West, Newham9,577 residents · 48.2% owned · 41.9% no carPlashet East, Newham10,027 residents · 44.4% owned · 40.9% no carEast Ham Central, Newham9,962 residents · 38.8% owned · 51.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Forest Gate East

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

Tenure

Owned47.1%
999 households
Private rented36%
765 households
Social rented15.7%
333 households
Shared ownership0.9%
19 households
Lives rent free0.3%
7 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.2%
918 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits19.3%
409 households
Semi-detached14.3%
304 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.7%
270 households
Detached7.9%
168 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
46 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.3%
878 households
No cars or vans in household41.1%
874 households
2 cars or vans in household13.6%
290 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
83 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.2%
706 households
4 or more bedrooms30.3%
643 households
2 bedrooms21.4%
454 households
1 bedroom15.2%
322 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.4%
1,178 households
Other household types25.2%
536 households
One-person household19.3%
411 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household21.3%
453 households
1 person in household19.3%
409 households
4 people in household16.6%
353 households
3 people in household15.9%
337 households
5 people in household10.7%
227 households
6 people in household6.8%
145 households
8 or more people in household5.9%
125 households
7 people in household3.5%
74 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
1,544 residents
15–2922.5%
1,685 residents
30–4425.9%
1,942 residents
45–6421.6%
1,619 residents
65 and over9.4%
701 residents
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55%
4,120 residents
White24.9%
1,866 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.5%
936 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
302 residents
Other ethnic group3.6%
268 residents
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39%
2,280 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.6%
1,261 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
739 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.5%
674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
541 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.5%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.5%
3,417 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.1%
2,166 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.5%
967 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.7%
744 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
580 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.9%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.3%
541 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.4%
3,770 residents
Good health35%
2,617 residents
Fair health10.7%
803 residents
Bad health3%
228 residents
Very bad health0.9%
68 residents
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.9%
6,656 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.1%
833 residents
Forest Gate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.2%
810 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
772 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.3%
431 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
107 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Forest Gate 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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