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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000912

Markhouse & St James Park

Markhouse & St James Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,742 residents in Waltham Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Waltham Forest
9,742

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,270

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,897.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.2%

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.

Forest Gate North, Newham7,711 residents · 36.9% owned · 47.7% no carMitcham East, Merton9,009 residents · 49.6% owned · 35.9% no carNew Southgate & Arnos Grove, Enfield8,759 residents · 49.4% owned · 34.9% no carWealdstone South, Harrow11,773 residents · 46.4% owned · 33.1% no carMill Hill Broadway, Barnet8,844 residents · 43.8% owned · 28.4% no carBeckton North, Newham8,598 residents · 31.0% owned · 39.6% no car

Most similar within Waltham Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whipps Cross, Waltham Forest9,642 residents · 56.8% owned · 38.5% no carHigham Hill, Waltham Forest10,275 residents · 43.8% owned · 36.9% no carLeytonstone South East, Waltham Forest10,461 residents · 46.1% owned · 45.0% no carFulbourne Road & Walthamstow Forest, Waltham Forest8,424 residents · 58.7% owned · 35.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Markhouse & St James Park

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

Tenure

Owned49.9%
1,631 households
Private rented25.1%
820 households
Social rented23.2%
758 households
Shared ownership1.7%
55 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced55.2%
1,807 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.5%
573 households
Semi-detached12.4%
406 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.2%
237 households
Detached6.6%
216 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,454 households
No cars or vans in household42.8%
1,399 households
2 cars or vans in household9.9%
323 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.8%
92 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%
1,208 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
924 households
4 or more bedrooms20.2%
661 households
1 bedroom14.6%
476 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.6%
1,981 households
One-person household21.9%
716 households
Other household types17.4%
570 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.1%
920 households
1 person in household21.9%
718 households
3 people in household17.7%
578 households
4 people in household15.4%
504 households
5 people in household7.7%
251 households
6 people in household4.1%
135 households
8 or more people in household2.8%
93 households
7 people in household2.3%
74 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,880 residents
15–2919.9%
1,943 residents
30–4428.6%
2,782 residents
45–6422.7%
2,209 residents
65 and over9.5%
927 residents
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White43.6%
4,248 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh29.4%
2,865 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African14.6%
1,421 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.5%
631 residents
Other ethnic group5.9%
577 residents
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.2%
3,272 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21%
1,628 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.2%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.6%
741 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
660 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
274 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.4%
4,996 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.4%
2,593 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
171 residents aged 16 and over
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.3%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.8%
995 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.1%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
741 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.6%
668 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.7%
4,843 residents
Good health34.7%
3,377 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,085 residents
Bad health3.4%
330 residents
Very bad health1.1%
106 residents
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
8,448 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,292 residents
Markhouse & St James Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.9%
1,437 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,089 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17%
557 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
179 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Markhouse & St James Park · 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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