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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000727

Plashet West

Plashet West is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,518 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
8,518

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,291

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21,589

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

48.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.8%

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 South East, Redbridge9,840 residents · 48.4% owned · 31.6% no carSouthall Park, Ealing9,835 residents · 46.0% owned · 37.9% no carLoxford Park, Redbridge7,395 residents · 36.7% owned · 38.9% no carBury Park, Luton11,539 residents · 36.3% owned · 41.2% no carLongsight East, Manchester9,280 residents · 35.5% owned · 35.6% no carHighfields South, Leicester11,123 residents · 37.9% owned · 42.0% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

East Ham Central, Newham9,962 residents · 38.8% owned · 51.0% no carManor Park South, Newham8,357 residents · 33.0% owned · 49.5% no carForest Gate South, Newham9,544 residents · 33.2% owned · 51.2% no carEast Ham North, Newham11,195 residents · 46.2% owned · 43.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plashet West

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

Tenure

Private rented47.2%
1,081 households
Owned37%
848 households
Social rented15%
343 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Lives rent free0.4%
9 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.5%
928 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.4%
512 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.3%
258 households
Semi-detached10.7%
245 households
Detached8.4%
192 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.4%
100 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.2%
50 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household48.3%
1,105 households
1 car or van in household39.1%
896 households
2 cars or vans in household9.6%
220 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3%
69 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.6%
907 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
565 households
4 or more bedrooms20%
459 households
1 bedroom15.7%
359 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.1%
1,308 households
Other household types27.2%
624 households
One-person household15.7%
359 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household18.7%
428 households
4 people in household18.5%
424 households
1 person in household15.6%
357 households
3 people in household15.2%
348 households
5 people in household13.8%
315 households
6 people in household9%
206 households
7 people in household5.1%
117 households
8 or more people in household4.1%
95 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.5%
1,915 residents
15–2923.3%
1,982 residents
30–4426.1%
2,220 residents
45–6420.7%
1,765 residents
65 and over7.5%
637 residents
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh70.4%
5,996 residents
White13.8%
1,178 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.6%
814 residents
Other ethnic group3.8%
327 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
206 residents
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.8%
2,193 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.8%
1,612 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.2%
795 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
703 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.1%
3,442 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
2,757 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
289 residents aged 16 and over
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed20.6%
1,335 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.7%
952 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.7%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.4%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.7%
694 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
552 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
4,268 residents
Good health32.7%
2,786 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,073 residents
Bad health3.1%
266 residents
Very bad health1.5%
125 residents
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.1%
7,505 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.9%
1,010 residents
Plashet West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension41.2%
943 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.1%
644 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.5%
516 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.6%
174 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
13 households
Plashet West · 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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