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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000873

Mile End West

Mile End West is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,850 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
9,850

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,924

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

19,512.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

63.7%

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.

Nunsmoor, Newcastle upon Tyne12,297 residents · 29.3% owned · 47.8% no carCamden Street & Elm Village, Camden8,908 residents · 18.4% owned · 72.8% no carChurchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carEuston, Camden7,180 residents · 11.8% owned · 72.3% no carCanning Town Central, Newham10,282 residents · 22.5% owned · 58.7% no carRoehampton North West, Wandsworth7,375 residents · 21.3% owned · 51.9% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Poplar Leaside, Tower Hamlets10,831 residents · 19.6% owned · 64.2% no carPoplar Central, Tower Hamlets9,287 residents · 18.9% owned · 62.5% no carMile End East & Burdett Estate, Tower Hamlets13,809 residents · 26.2% owned · 65.6% no carPoplar West, Tower Hamlets10,801 residents · 18.9% owned · 65.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mile End West

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

Tenure

Social rented42.5%
1,244 households
Private rented28.4%
830 households
Owned24.9%
729 households
Shared ownership3.7%
107 households
Lives rent free0.5%
14 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement86.2%
2,518 households
Terraced7.3%
212 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
52 households
Semi-detached1.5%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
36 households
Detached1%
28 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household63.7%
1,862 households
1 car or van in household31.9%
933 households
2 cars or vans in household3.6%
106 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
20 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms50.6%
1,479 households
1 bedroom21.1%
615 households
3 bedrooms18.1%
529 households
4 or more bedrooms10.2%
298 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.5%
1,621 households
One-person household26.7%
779 households
Other household types17.9%
523 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household27.6%
805 households
1 person in household26.7%
778 households
3 people in household15.7%
458 households
4 people in household14.3%
417 households
5 people in household7.8%
229 households
6 people in household4.4%
128 households
7 people in household2%
58 households
8 or more people in household1.5%
45 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,777 residents
15–2938.7%
3,813 residents
30–4424.6%
2,427 residents
45–6414.1%
1,392 residents
65 and over4.5%
439 residents
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh45%
4,430 residents
White36.7%
3,618 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.3%
1,017 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
451 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
336 residents
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.4%
3,223 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25%
1,990 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15%
1,197 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.8%
623 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.5%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49%
3,904 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.2%
3,447 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.8%
621 residents aged 16 and over
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students30.2%
2,406 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.8%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.3%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.1%
567 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.2%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.6%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
272 residents aged 16 and over
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.9%
5,309 residents
Good health31.7%
3,127 residents
Fair health9.4%
923 residents
Bad health3.6%
354 residents
Very bad health1.4%
137 residents
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
8,543 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,309 residents
Mile End West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.5%
1,183 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
969 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18%
525 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
233 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Mile End 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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