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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000908

Blackhorse Road

Blackhorse Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,903 residents in Waltham Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Waltham Forest
12,903

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,239

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,478.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

56.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.8%

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 carColliers Wood, Merton9,854 residents · 42.5% owned · 48.2% no carBlackheath West, Lewisham8,063 residents · 38.0% owned · 49.8% no carSouth Acton, Ealing9,607 residents · 32.9% owned · 54.6% no carSilwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carCroydon Minster & Waddon North, Croydon11,925 residents · 40.3% owned · 48.3% no car

Most similar within Waltham Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Lea Bridge, Waltham Forest10,563 residents · 46.9% owned · 51.1% no carWalthamstow Market & South Grove, Waltham Forest12,963 residents · 38.9% owned · 56.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blackhorse Road

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

Tenure

Owned38.3%
2,007 households
Private rented35%
1,832 households
Social rented21.7%
1,135 households
Shared ownership5%
260 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement53.2%
2,785 households
Terraced26.8%
1,402 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.2%
589 households
Semi-detached5.2%
273 households
Detached2.3%
118 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household56.2%
2,944 households
1 car or van in household37.4%
1,961 households
2 cars or vans in household5.6%
294 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
43 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38%
1,993 households
1 bedroom31.4%
1,643 households
3 bedrooms22.5%
1,177 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
426 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58%
3,041 households
One-person household30%
1,570 households
Other household types12%
629 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,816 households
1 person in household30%
1,570 households
3 people in household15.8%
825 households
4 people in household11.3%
590 households
5 people in household4.8%
254 households
6 people in household2.1%
108 households
7 people in household0.8%
40 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
35 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
2,304 residents
15–2922%
2,835 residents
30–4434.2%
4,408 residents
45–6419.7%
2,545 residents
65 and over6.3%
811 residents
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White54.9%
7,084 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.9%
2,178 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African15.4%
1,985 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
916 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
742 residents
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.8%
5,524 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
1,524 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
1,317 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.4%
878 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.3%
661 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.2%
7,352 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.8%
2,703 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
2,460 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
1,787 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.8%
1,232 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.2%
1,168 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.3%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
868 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
816 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
399 residents aged 16 and over
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
6,846 residents
Good health34%
4,384 residents
Fair health9.4%
1,213 residents
Bad health2.7%
354 residents
Very bad health0.8%
106 residents
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.5%
11,292 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.5%
1,611 residents
Blackhorse Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.5%
2,645 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
1,684 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.5%
708 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
190 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
13 households
Blackhorse Road · 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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