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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007114

Cubitt Town

Cubitt Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,565 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
7,565

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,033

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17,398.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

22.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

68.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.9%

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.

Wembley Park, Brent7,509 residents · 18.7% owned · 65.8% no carCarpenters Estate & Stratford New Town, Newham8,426 residents · 26.3% owned · 66.2% no carSouthwark St George's, Southwark9,276 residents · 22.2% owned · 73.3% no carCanning Town South & Bow Creek, Newham13,097 residents · 20.9% owned · 63.1% no carGreenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich12,093 residents · 24.5% owned · 64.1% no carElephant & Castle, Southwark7,613 residents · 16.8% owned · 76.8% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Millwall North, Tower Hamlets11,015 residents · 18.1% owned · 75.7% no carSt George in the East & Wapping North, Tower Hamlets8,965 residents · 25.6% owned · 68.9% no carBlackwall, Tower Hamlets7,461 residents · 24.2% owned · 70.5% no carLimehouse East, Tower Hamlets9,590 residents · 26.5% owned · 64.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cubitt Town

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

Tenure

Private rented47.9%
1,454 households
Social rented26.1%
792 households
Owned22.8%
693 households
Shared ownership3.1%
93 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement88.1%
2,670 households
Terraced6.1%
185 households
Semi-detached2.2%
67 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
38 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
38 households
Detached0.6%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household68.4%
2,073 households
1 car or van in household27.7%
840 households
2 cars or vans in household3.6%
108 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.4%
11 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.3%
1,192 households
1 bedroom34.9%
1,059 households
3 bedrooms19.6%
593 households
4 or more bedrooms6.2%
188 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.6%
1,503 households
One-person household35.1%
1,066 households
Other household types15.3%
464 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.2%
1,066 households
2 people in household32.5%
985 households
3 people in household13.8%
417 households
4 people in household9%
274 households
5 people in household4.4%
132 households
6 people in household2.4%
73 households
8 or more people in household1.8%
54 households
7 people in household1%
30 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
1,147 residents
15–2936.3%
2,743 residents
30–4431.3%
2,368 residents
45–6413%
985 residents
65 and over4.2%
320 residents
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh41%
3,098 residents
White40.3%
3,048 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.4%
560 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.7%
503 residents
Other ethnic group4.7%
352 residents
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57.9%
3,675 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
808 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
754 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.7%
428 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.4%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.2%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.4%
3,895 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.6%
1,944 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8%
505 residents aged 16 and over
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,621 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students21.4%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,045 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.5%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.7%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.9%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.2%
332 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.9%
4,228 residents
Good health32.5%
2,457 residents
Fair health8%
602 residents
Bad health2.7%
207 residents
Very bad health0.9%
70 residents
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.6%
6,777 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.4%
788 residents
Cubitt Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.5%
1,532 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
993 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12%
363 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
135 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Cubitt 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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