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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000747

Canning Town South & Bow Creek

Canning Town South & Bow Creek is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,097 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
13,097

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,448

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,901.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

63.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

53.8%

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.

Silwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carQueenstown Road & Patmore, Wandsworth9,890 residents · 22.4% owned · 64.5% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carBlackhorse Road, Waltham Forest12,903 residents · 38.3% owned · 56.2% no carLimehouse East, Tower Hamlets9,590 residents · 26.5% owned · 64.2% no carSouth Bermondsey Central, Southwark9,610 residents · 23.4% owned · 62.3% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town, Newham8,426 residents · 26.3% owned · 66.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Canning Town South & Bow Creek

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

Tenure

Private rented46%
2,505 households
Social rented29.3%
1,597 households
Owned20.9%
1,139 households
Shared ownership3.6%
194 households
Lives rent free0.2%
13 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement75.5%
4,115 households
Terraced13.7%
746 households
Semi-detached5.6%
304 households
Detached2.3%
124 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%
79 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
53 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
7 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household63.1%
3,437 households
1 car or van in household31.4%
1,713 households
2 cars or vans in household4.6%
252 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
45 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.7%
2,054 households
1 bedroom32.2%
1,751 households
3 bedrooms25.2%
1,375 households
4 or more bedrooms4.9%
266 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.7%
2,980 households
One-person household29.5%
1,606 households
Other household types15.8%
860 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.2%
1,863 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,606 households
3 people in household17.6%
961 households
4 people in household10.2%
555 households
5 people in household4.6%
250 households
6 people in household2.5%
135 households
7 people in household1%
53 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
24 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
1,989 residents
15–2928.9%
3,786 residents
30–4432.9%
4,310 residents
45–6417.3%
2,266 residents
65 and over5.7%
750 residents
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White42%
5,501 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh25.7%
3,370 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African20.7%
2,708 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.1%
801 residents
Other ethnic group5.5%
717 residents
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above53.8%
5,904 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.7%
1,725 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.8%
1,186 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
340 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.5%
275 residents aged 16 and over
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.2%
7,596 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.9%
2,951 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.9%
432 residents aged 16 and over
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
2,345 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
2,015 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.5%
1,154 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.2%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.3%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.1%
1,001 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.9%
979 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
463 residents aged 16 and over
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.8%
7,174 residents
Good health31.5%
4,127 residents
Fair health9.2%
1,208 residents
Bad health3.3%
426 residents
Very bad health1.2%
163 residents
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.6%
11,471 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.4%
1,627 residents
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.9%
2,718 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.9%
1,629 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.8%
807 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
274 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
17 households
Canning Town South & Bow Creek · 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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