Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000886

Limehouse East

Limehouse East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,590 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
9,590

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,824

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

19,686

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

26.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

64.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

54.0%

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.

Canning Town South & Bow Creek, Newham13,097 residents · 20.9% owned · 63.1% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carSilwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carQueenstown Road & Patmore, Wandsworth9,890 residents · 22.4% owned · 64.5% no carSurrey Quays, Southwark10,291 residents · 32.5% owned · 56.7% no carCheetham Hill, Manchester7,803 residents · 25.5% owned · 48.3% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe, Tower Hamlets8,620 residents · 27.2% owned · 62.5% no carSt George in the East & Wapping North, Tower Hamlets8,965 residents · 25.6% owned · 68.9% no carBrick Lane North, Tower Hamlets8,145 residents · 19.2% owned · 72.7% no carMillwall South, Tower Hamlets11,007 residents · 29.7% owned · 55.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Limehouse East

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

Tenure

Private rented41.6%
1,589 households
Social rented29.6%
1,132 households
Owned26.5%
1,014 households
Shared ownership2.1%
79 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement86.1%
3,292 households
Terraced4.9%
186 households
Semi-detached3%
114 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
112 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
59 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
39 households
Detached0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household64.2%
2,455 households
1 car or van in household31.2%
1,192 households
2 cars or vans in household3.9%
151 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
25 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.9%
1,717 households
1 bedroom28.3%
1,080 households
3 bedrooms19.2%
733 households
4 or more bedrooms7.7%
293 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.6%
1,895 households
One-person household31.8%
1,217 households
Other household types18.6%
711 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,285 households
1 person in household31.8%
1,217 households
3 people in household13%
498 households
4 people in household9.4%
361 households
5 people in household5.4%
208 households
6 people in household3.1%
120 households
7 people in household2.4%
90 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
46 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,575 residents
15–2929.3%
2,807 residents
30–4431.7%
3,041 residents
45–6417.6%
1,685 residents
65 and over5%
482 residents
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White44.2%
4,239 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh40.2%
3,861 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.8%
651 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
467 residents
Other ethnic group3.9%
376 residents
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above54%
4,291 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.8%
1,176 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.1%
962 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.8%
623 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.5%
520 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.5%
5,436 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.4%
2,254 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.1%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,938 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
1,594 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.5%
991 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.5%
757 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.7%
5,151 residents
Good health33%
3,162 residents
Fair health9.4%
897 residents
Bad health3.1%
301 residents
Very bad health0.8%
80 residents
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.4%
8,474 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.6%
1,117 residents
Limehouse East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.6%
1,937 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.3%
1,120 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
559 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
194 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Limehouse East · 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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