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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000779

Ilford North West

Ilford North West is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,416 residents in Redbridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Redbridge
8,416

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,774

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,418.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.4%

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.

Hounslow High Street, Hounslow14,001 residents · 31.9% owned · 49.3% no carManor Park North, Newham7,350 residents · 34.6% owned · 45.7% no carHounslow West, Hounslow12,304 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.8% no carChalvey, Slough13,508 residents · 34.6% owned · 32.1% no carSudbury East, Brent9,844 residents · 43.7% owned · 36.0% no carBaker's Arms, Waltham Forest11,798 residents · 33.1% owned · 52.4% no car

Most similar within Redbridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ilford Central & East, Redbridge7,162 residents · 22.8% owned · 54.9% no carGoodmayes South, Redbridge14,681 residents · 48.9% owned · 29.6% no carSeven Kings Meads Lane, Redbridge8,108 residents · 48.8% owned · 32.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ilford North West

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

Tenure

Private rented56.7%
1,572 households
Owned32.5%
901 households
Social rented9.4%
260 households
Shared ownership1.2%
33 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits32.1%
889 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.4%
760 households
Terraced22.4%
622 households
Semi-detached11.5%
318 households
Detached3.2%
88 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.3%
63 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
28 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.1%
1,306 households
1 car or van in household35.6%
987 households
2 cars or vans in household12.4%
344 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.9%
137 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom34.5%
958 households
2 bedrooms27.8%
770 households
4 or more bedrooms20.6%
571 households
3 bedrooms17.1%
475 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.8%
1,659 households
One-person household24.2%
670 households
Other household types16%
445 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household24.2%
671 households
2 people in household23%
638 households
3 people in household18.4%
509 households
4 people in household17.3%
479 households
5 people in household8.3%
229 households
6 people in household4.1%
115 households
7 people in household2.7%
75 households
8 or more people in household2.1%
57 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.7%
1,910 residents
15–2920.3%
1,712 residents
30–4428.1%
2,368 residents
45–6419.8%
1,669 residents
65 and over9%
761 residents
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh62.1%
5,226 residents
White20.5%
1,729 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.2%
771 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
480 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
212 residents
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.4%
2,589 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.7%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12%
768 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.5%
611 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%
609 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5.1%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.8%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.9%
3,651 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
2,552 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.4%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19%
1,217 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.2%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
852 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
690 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.9%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
241 residents aged 16 and over
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.2%
4,145 residents
Good health35.4%
2,984 residents
Fair health10.9%
918 residents
Bad health3.5%
293 residents
Very bad health0.9%
78 residents
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.3%
7,429 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.7%
989 residents
Ilford North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension41.4%
1,149 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.7%
879 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.6%
572 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.6%
155 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
21 households
Ilford North 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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