Plaistow South

Newham · London · population 8,405 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,839 of 6,856 in England
  • #908 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 40 in Newham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,246
Median age (est.)34
Density10,913per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above36%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 25%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 16%Other: 22%
One person 22%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 16%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 32%Asian: 39%Black: 18%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 32%Asian 39%Black 18%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · Muslim 34% · No religion 13%

Born outside the UK: 52%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Plaistow South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,839 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 40 in Newham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (38) and lowest on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £412,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 38 sales), 8% below the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,780 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 152 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 10 · #6,181
Employment 29 · #4,865
Education 30 · #4,769
Health 38 · #4,282
Crime 30 · #4,790
Housing & access 4 · #6,586
Living environment 8 · #6,305

House prices ?

£412,500median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=38
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£412,50038+0.6%+16.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£420,00030+1.8%+15.1%
Flat£302,0006+20.8%
This area£412,500
Newham£450,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£47,780±£6,928 · #1,484 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,200
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

152 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,275 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #5,921 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences600
Theft219
Burglary22
Vehicle crime136
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons106
Drugs50
Robbery46
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 191 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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