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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006996

Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town

Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,426 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
8,426

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,158

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,765.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

26.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.6%

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.

Greenwich Peninsula East, Greenwich8,401 residents · 28.4% owned · 63.6% no carGreenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich12,093 residents · 24.5% owned · 64.1% no carSilwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carCubitt Town, Tower Hamlets7,565 residents · 22.8% owned · 68.4% no carCentral Lewisham North, Lewisham5,766 residents · 21.8% owned · 73.2% no carWembley Park, Brent7,509 residents · 18.7% owned · 65.8% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Canning Town South & Bow Creek, Newham13,097 residents · 20.9% owned · 63.1% no carMill Meads, Newham6,888 residents · 18.6% owned · 70.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town

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

Tenure

Private rented42.7%
1,347 households
Owned26.3%
831 households
Social rented24%
758 households
Shared ownership6.9%
219 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement71.8%
2,268 households
Terraced16.2%
511 households
Semi-detached4%
126 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.9%
123 households
Detached2.4%
77 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
42 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.2%
2,092 households
1 car or van in household29.3%
924 households
2 cars or vans in household3.8%
121 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
21 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.9%
1,135 households
1 bedroom30.2%
955 households
3 bedrooms25.5%
804 households
4 or more bedrooms8.4%
264 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.5%
1,625 households
One-person household29.1%
918 households
Other household types19.5%
615 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.2%
1,142 households
1 person in household29.1%
918 households
3 people in household15%
475 households
4 people in household9.8%
311 households
5 people in household5.5%
174 households
6 people in household2.4%
76 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
37 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
1,166 residents
15–2937.8%
3,185 residents
30–4430.4%
2,565 residents
45–6413.3%
1,122 residents
65 and over4.6%
391 residents
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White40.3%
3,396 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh31.7%
2,671 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.7%
1,408 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
509 residents
Other ethnic group5.2%
439 residents
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.6%
4,070 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.9%
1,003 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.8%
845 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.3%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
383 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.1%
4,749 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.2%
2,031 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.7%
410 residents aged 16 and over
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,665 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students18.7%
1,345 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.3%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.7%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
480 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.3%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.6%
4,772 residents
Good health31.5%
2,655 residents
Fair health8.9%
747 residents
Bad health2.2%
182 residents
Very bad health0.8%
70 residents
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.8%
7,569 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.2%
857 residents
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.1%
1,771 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
907 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
371 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town · 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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