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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000868

Bethnal Green North West

Bethnal Green North West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,196 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
7,196

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,786

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20,022.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

68.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.1%

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.

Canada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carLondon Bridge & Bermondsey West, Southwark10,788 residents · 19.6% owned · 69.6% no carHolloway Nag's Head, Islington7,354 residents · 28.9% owned · 68.7% no carQueenstown Road & Patmore, Wandsworth9,890 residents · 22.4% owned · 64.5% no carLondon Fields & Mare Street, Hackney10,418 residents · 24.6% owned · 67.7% no carStoke Newington South, Hackney11,090 residents · 27.8% owned · 67.4% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Brick Lane North, Tower Hamlets8,145 residents · 19.2% owned · 72.7% no carBow South, Tower Hamlets11,328 residents · 27.1% owned · 64.7% no carLimehouse East, Tower Hamlets9,590 residents · 26.5% owned · 64.2% no carBethnal Green South, Tower Hamlets7,274 residents · 21.0% owned · 71.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bethnal Green 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 rented37.4%
1,043 households
Social rented35.1%
977 households
Owned25.8%
719 households
Shared ownership1.5%
43 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement78.1%
2,177 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse8%
224 households
Terraced6.2%
174 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.1%
87 households
Semi-detached1.9%
52 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
51 households
Detached0.6%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household68.3%
1,902 households
1 car or van in household26.9%
748 households
2 cars or vans in household4.3%
120 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
14 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.4%
1,096 households
1 bedroom29.8%
829 households
3 bedrooms22.1%
616 households
4 or more bedrooms8.8%
244 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.2%
1,368 households
One-person household30%
835 households
Other household types20.8%
580 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.3%
955 households
1 person in household30%
835 households
3 people in household14%
389 households
4 people in household9.6%
267 households
5 people in household5.8%
161 households
6 people in household3.9%
110 households
7 people in household1.7%
48 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
20 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.4%
1,034 residents
15–2931.4%
2,259 residents
30–4432.1%
2,307 residents
45–6416.1%
1,155 residents
65 and over6.1%
440 residents
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White48.3%
3,478 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh36.4%
2,621 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.7%
411 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.6%
400 residents
Other ethnic group4%
287 residents
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.1%
3,182 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.5%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.9%
848 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.3%
385 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
114 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.4%
3,992 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.3%
1,850 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.3%
264 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.6%
767 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.4%
757 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
458 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.6%
3,784 residents
Good health32.1%
2,312 residents
Fair health10.5%
759 residents
Bad health3.5%
250 residents
Very bad health1.3%
91 residents
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
6,211 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
986 residents
Bethnal Green North West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.5%
1,324 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.9%
888 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
402 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
160 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Bethnal Green 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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