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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000902

Highams Park West

Highams Park West is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,960 residents in Waltham Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Waltham Forest
9,960

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,518

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,189.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.1%

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.

Lonesome, Merton9,323 residents · 49.1% owned · 34.1% no carRush Green, Havering13,842 residents · 53.1% owned · 30.4% no carMill Hill Broadway, Barnet8,844 residents · 43.8% owned · 28.4% no carNew Southgate & Arnos Grove, Enfield8,759 residents · 49.4% owned · 34.9% no carSyon Green, Hounslow12,224 residents · 46.8% owned · 29.0% no carLower Feltham, Hounslow9,258 residents · 57.0% owned · 20.8% no car

Most similar within Waltham Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fulbourne Road & Walthamstow Forest, Waltham Forest8,424 residents · 58.7% owned · 35.5% no carHigham Hill, Waltham Forest10,275 residents · 43.8% owned · 36.9% no carSouth Chingford, Waltham Forest8,973 residents · 60.0% owned · 27.0% no carLloyd Park, Waltham Forest10,473 residents · 54.1% owned · 39.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Highams Park West

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

Tenure

Owned53.5%
1,881 households
Social rented21.7%
764 households
Private rented20.2%
712 households
Shared ownership4.4%
155 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.9%
1,581 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement35%
1,231 households
Semi-detached11.5%
404 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.5%
159 households
Detached3.1%
109 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.9%
1,757 households
No cars or vans in household29.4%
1,034 households
2 cars or vans in household16.2%
569 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.5%
158 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.1%
1,481 households
2 bedrooms27.5%
969 households
4 or more bedrooms16.3%
572 households
1 bedroom14.1%
496 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
2,313 households
One-person household22.6%
797 households
Other household types11.7%
411 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.6%
935 households
1 person in household22.6%
797 households
3 people in household19.8%
697 households
4 people in household17.5%
616 households
5 people in household7.4%
261 households
6 people in household3.5%
124 households
7 people in household1.5%
53 households
8 or more people in household1%
36 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.6%
2,251 residents
15–2918.2%
1,810 residents
30–4425.4%
2,529 residents
45–6424.5%
2,441 residents
65 and over9.4%
932 residents
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White49.7%
4,951 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.2%
1,917 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.8%
1,673 residents
Other ethnic group7.1%
711 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
709 residents
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.1%
2,968 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.2%
1,381 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
693 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.5%
4,967 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.2%
2,440 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,552 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.5%
1,025 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.2%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
844 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.6%
649 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
329 residents aged 16 and over
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.3%
5,304 residents
Good health33.5%
3,338 residents
Fair health9.2%
916 residents
Bad health3.2%
323 residents
Very bad health0.8%
79 residents
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88%
8,769 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12%
1,191 residents
Highams Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.1%
1,621 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,234 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
508 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
143 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
Highams Park 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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