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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000907

Wood Street

Wood Street is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,580 residents in Waltham Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Waltham Forest
10,580

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,067

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,839.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

51.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.5%

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.

Woolwich West, Greenwich7,561 residents · 25.1% owned · 49.0% no carWoolwich Glyndon, Greenwich7,721 residents · 26.3% owned · 49.4% no carWoolwich South, Greenwich12,861 residents · 26.1% owned · 55.0% no carPlumstead Common & Riverside, Greenwich10,618 residents · 33.1% owned · 45.1% no carCanning Town North, Newham6,767 residents · 24.1% owned · 54.5% no carMerton Church Road & Phipps Bridge, Merton8,661 residents · 35.6% owned · 42.0% no car

Most similar within Waltham Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Leytonstone South West, Waltham Forest11,200 residents · 29.3% owned · 51.6% no carLeyton South, Waltham Forest10,299 residents · 34.5% owned · 53.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wood Street

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

Tenure

Social rented42.8%
1,739 households
Owned32.8%
1,332 households
Private rented22.6%
919 households
Shared ownership1.5%
61 households
Lives rent free0.4%
16 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement59.9%
2,436 households
Terraced18%
733 households
Semi-detached8.8%
357 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.2%
332 households
Detached2%
80 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
52 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
52 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
22 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household51.9%
2,110 households
1 car or van in household39.1%
1,590 households
2 cars or vans in household7.5%
304 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.5%
63 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.9%
1,419 households
1 bedroom31.9%
1,299 households
3 bedrooms23.1%
941 households
4 or more bedrooms10%
408 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.3%
2,369 households
One-person household31.6%
1,285 households
Other household types10.1%
412 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.6%
1,285 households
2 people in household26.4%
1,074 households
3 people in household17.7%
720 households
4 people in household13.2%
537 households
5 people in household5.8%
234 households
6 people in household3%
120 households
7 people in household1.2%
48 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
47 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.8%
2,303 residents
15–2920.5%
2,166 residents
30–4427.7%
2,932 residents
45–6422%
2,329 residents
65 and over8%
851 residents
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White44.5%
4,711 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African25%
2,645 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17%
1,802 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.9%
734 residents
Other ethnic group6.5%
689 residents
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.5%
3,375 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.4%
1,575 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.8%
877 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
730 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.3%
269 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63%
5,125 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.5%
2,808 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,538 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.5%
1,099 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.8%
960 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11%
892 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.2%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
5,437 residents
Good health32.6%
3,452 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,176 residents
Bad health3.6%
384 residents
Very bad health1.3%
134 residents
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
9,074 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
1,506 residents
Wood Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37%
1,505 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
1,453 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.7%
803 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
284 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
23 households
Wood Street · 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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