Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000893

Mudchute

Mudchute is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,412 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
7,412

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,988

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,363.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

28.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

55.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.4%

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.

West Hill North, Wandsworth7,638 residents · 30.7% owned · 46.7% no carChilds Hill, Barnet6,674 residents · 40.3% owned · 46.1% no carBattersea Latchmere, Wandsworth7,900 residents · 28.6% owned · 59.0% no carSouth Bermondsey Central, Southwark9,610 residents · 23.4% owned · 62.3% no carRoehampton North East, Wandsworth10,767 residents · 42.6% owned · 42.0% no carGreenhill South, Harrow11,669 residents · 38.7% owned · 48.1% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets6,371 residents · 24.0% owned · 62.1% no carBow North & Fish Island, Tower Hamlets11,263 residents · 28.3% owned · 63.8% no carPoplar West, Tower Hamlets10,801 residents · 18.9% owned · 65.2% no carShadwell Basin & Ratcliffe, Tower Hamlets8,620 residents · 27.2% owned · 62.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mudchute

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

Tenure

Social rented36.5%
1,092 households
Private rented33.6%
1,005 households
Owned28.4%
848 households
Shared ownership1.2%
35 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement75.6%
2,257 households
Terraced12.9%
386 households
Semi-detached6.7%
199 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.9%
58 households
Detached1.3%
39 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household55.8%
1,667 households
1 car or van in household37.6%
1,124 households
2 cars or vans in household5.7%
171 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
26 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.5%
1,330 households
3 bedrooms23.3%
696 households
1 bedroom22.5%
671 households
4 or more bedrooms9.7%
291 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.2%
1,679 households
One-person household29.3%
874 households
Other household types14.5%
434 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.2%
933 households
1 person in household29.2%
874 households
3 people in household17.8%
532 households
4 people in household12.6%
378 households
5 people in household4.7%
140 households
6 people in household2.8%
83 households
7 people in household0.9%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,355 residents
15–2924.1%
1,788 residents
30–4430.2%
2,242 residents
45–6419.3%
1,432 residents
65 and over8%
595 residents
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White50.3%
3,730 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh33.9%
2,511 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.1%
451 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
401 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
320 residents
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.4%
2,895 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.4%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.8%
823 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.6%
512 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.7%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.4%
3,909 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.1%
1,862 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.5%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%
1,297 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.1%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.7%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.6%
575 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
549 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8%
481 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.9%
475 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
221 residents aged 16 and over
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.9%
3,850 residents
Good health31.9%
2,363 residents
Fair health11.3%
841 residents
Bad health3.6%
268 residents
Very bad health1.2%
91 residents
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
6,374 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,038 residents
Mudchute · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44%
1,315 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.9%
983 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.4%
491 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.9%
175 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
25 households
Mudchute · 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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