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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000888

Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe

Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,620 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
8,620

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,353

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16,554

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

62.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.4%

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.

Canning Town South & Bow Creek, Newham13,097 residents · 20.9% owned · 63.1% no carCheetham Hill, Manchester7,803 residents · 25.5% owned · 48.3% no carStratford Central, Newham9,987 residents · 21.5% owned · 67.0% no carSilwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carGreenhill South, Harrow11,669 residents · 38.7% owned · 48.1% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Limehouse East, Tower Hamlets9,590 residents · 26.5% owned · 64.2% no carMile End East & Burdett Estate, Tower Hamlets13,809 residents · 26.2% owned · 65.6% no carSt George in the East & Wapping North, Tower Hamlets8,965 residents · 25.6% owned · 68.9% no carPoplar West, Tower Hamlets10,801 residents · 18.9% owned · 65.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe

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

Tenure

Private rented38.1%
1,279 households
Social rented31%
1,040 households
Owned27.2%
911 households
Shared ownership3.2%
107 households
Lives rent free0.5%
16 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement88.3%
2,968 households
Terraced4.3%
145 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
99 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
54 households
Semi-detached0.9%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
28 households
Detached0.6%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
15 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household62.5%
2,097 households
1 car or van in household32.4%
1,086 households
2 cars or vans in household4.4%
146 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
25 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms45.3%
1,518 households
1 bedroom29.6%
993 households
3 bedrooms17.8%
597 households
4 or more bedrooms7.3%
246 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.6%
1,732 households
One-person household32%
1,074 households
Other household types16.4%
549 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32%
1,073 households
2 people in household31.1%
1,044 households
3 people in household13.1%
438 households
4 people in household10.6%
356 households
5 people in household6.7%
224 households
6 people in household3.5%
116 households
8 or more people in household1.6%
54 households
7 people in household1.4%
48 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,593 residents
15–2927.3%
2,353 residents
30–4431.4%
2,704 residents
45–6417.8%
1,531 residents
65 and over5.1%
436 residents
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh48.2%
4,152 residents
White36.4%
3,136 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.3%
545 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
418 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.3%
370 residents
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.4%
3,630 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
1,126 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.2%
779 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.6%
595 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
457 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.1%
4,584 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.3%
2,102 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.5%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,621 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.1%
1,321 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.3%
988 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11%
759 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
599 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
480 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.5%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.9%
4,647 residents
Good health32.1%
2,767 residents
Fair health9.5%
819 residents
Bad health3.2%
273 residents
Very bad health1.3%
116 residents
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.1%
7,592 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.9%
1,029 residents
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.6%
1,629 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,072 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
467 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
174 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe · 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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