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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000751

Woodford Wells

Woodford Wells is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,159 residents in Redbridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Redbridge
11,159

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,438

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,629.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.7%

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.

Grange Park, Enfield6,396 residents · 79.2% owned · 15.8% no carLoughton West, Epping Forest6,034 residents · 76.6% owned · 13.1% no carBuckhurst Hill, Epping Forest11,752 residents · 72.2% owned · 15.6% no carHigh Barnet & Hadley, Barnet10,841 residents · 67.6% owned · 24.3% no carPinner Central, Harrow7,070 residents · 69.8% owned · 20.1% no carKnighton, Leicester7,324 residents · 78.6% owned · 13.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woodford Wells

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

Tenure

Owned74%
3,286 households
Private rented20%
887 households
Social rented5.6%
249 households
Shared ownership0.3%
13 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29.4%
1,306 households
Semi-detached27.7%
1,229 households
Detached27.3%
1,211 households
Terraced11.5%
508 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
104 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
9 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.9%
2,080 households
2 cars or vans in household26.9%
1,195 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
765 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
399 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.6%
1,890 households
2 bedrooms25%
1,108 households
3 bedrooms23.4%
1,038 households
1 bedroom9.1%
402 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.7%
2,872 households
One-person household26.8%
1,187 households
Other household types8.5%
378 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33%
1,464 households
1 person in household26.7%
1,187 households
4 people in household16.8%
744 households
3 people in household15.8%
700 households
5 people in household5.5%
243 households
6 people in household1.6%
70 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
16 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.9%
1,885 residents
15–2914.6%
1,627 residents
30–4419.1%
2,137 residents
45–6427.7%
3,088 residents
65 and over21.7%
2,424 residents
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White67%
7,481 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.4%
2,166 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
572 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.1%
566 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
376 residents
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.7%
4,453 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.1%
1,193 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.9%
1,176 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
1,119 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
644 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
5,382 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
3,647 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
2,313 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
2,140 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.4%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
1,034 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
591 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.4%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.6%
6,093 residents
Good health32%
3,567 residents
Fair health9.7%
1,083 residents
Bad health3%
330 residents
Very bad health0.8%
86 residents
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
9,739 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,420 residents
Woodford Wells · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.6%
2,512 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
1,380 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.3%
459 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
82 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Woodford Wells · 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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