Silvertown & Royal Wharf

Newham · London · population 12,055 · 8 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,801 of 6,856 in England
  • #196 of 1,002 in London
  • #1 of 40 in Newham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,244
Median age (est.)31
Density9,214per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above66%
No car or van60%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 58%45–64 13%65+ 2%

Tenure

Own outright: 5%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 50%
Own outright 5%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 21%Private rent 50%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 27%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 27%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative7%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 27%Black: 18%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 44%Asian 27%Black 18%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 28% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 56%

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

Silvertown & Royal Wharf is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,801 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 40 in Newham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (92) but weak on Living environment (35). Typical homes here sold for about £514,375 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 249 sales), 14% above the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,514 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 55 · #3,069
Employment 92 · #553
Education 91 · #608
Health 67 · #2,281
Crime 59 · #2,781
Housing & access 43 · #3,933
Living environment 35 · #4,468

House prices ?

£514,375median (12m) · -9.9% yr · n=249
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£514,375249-9.9%+6.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£554,0006-29.4%-8.3%
Flat£514,000241-9.8%+7.2%
This area£514,375
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)£59,514±£9,253 · #207 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,930
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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,191 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #4,895 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences320
Theft364
Burglary87
Vehicle crime148
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons60
Drugs76
Robbery56
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 237 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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