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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000729

West Ham Park

West Ham Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,327 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
7,327

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,201

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,404.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.0%

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.

Barking East, Barking and Dagenham9,133 residents · 46.5% owned · 40.7% no carPlumstead High Street, Greenwich11,064 residents · 36.2% owned · 46.9% no carBaker's Arms, Waltham Forest11,798 residents · 33.1% owned · 52.4% no carLoxford Park, Redbridge7,395 residents · 36.7% owned · 38.9% no carSudbury East, Brent9,844 residents · 43.7% owned · 36.0% no carGoodmayes South, Redbridge14,681 residents · 48.9% owned · 29.6% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Forest Gate East, Newham7,489 residents · 47.1% owned · 41.1% no carPlaistow Park, Newham7,724 residents · 28.7% owned · 51.4% no carPlaistow North East, Newham8,610 residents · 31.6% owned · 52.7% no carManor Park North, Newham7,350 residents · 34.6% owned · 45.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in West Ham Park

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

Tenure

Owned38.6%
849 households
Private rented37.5%
826 households
Social rented22.9%
503 households
Shared ownership0.8%
18 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced35.1%
774 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits21.3%
468 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.5%
451 households
Semi-detached14.3%
315 households
Detached7.3%
160 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.7%
1,049 households
1 car or van in household38.7%
851 households
2 cars or vans in household9%
198 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.6%
102 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms32.2%
709 households
4 or more bedrooms24.3%
534 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
526 households
1 bedroom19.6%
432 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.7%
1,135 households
Other household types24.4%
535 households
One-person household24%
526 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household23.9%
526 households
2 people in household21.8%
480 households
3 people in household16.3%
359 households
4 people in household14.4%
317 households
5 people in household9.7%
214 households
8 or more people in household5.7%
125 households
6 people in household4.9%
109 households
7 people in household3.3%
73 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,500 residents
15–2920.6%
1,508 residents
30–4427.4%
2,008 residents
45–6421.4%
1,565 residents
65 and over10.2%
745 residents
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh43%
3,153 residents
White30.2%
2,211 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African18.6%
1,361 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
312 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
290 residents
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35%
2,015 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.6%
1,302 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.9%
745 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.3%
652 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
581 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.2%
243 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
220 residents aged 16 and over
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.3%
3,414 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.8%
2,121 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.9%
223 residents aged 16 and over
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.1%
987 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
955 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.1%
809 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.4%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.2%
585 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.8%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.1%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
263 residents aged 16 and over
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.5%
3,700 residents
Good health32.8%
2,400 residents
Fair health11.6%
853 residents
Bad health3.9%
287 residents
Very bad health1.2%
87 residents
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87%
6,375 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13%
953 residents
West Ham Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.9%
834 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.7%
743 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.5%
429 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.5%
187 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
9 households
West Ham Park · 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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