Ilford South East

Redbridge · London · population 9,960 · 5 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,256 of 6,856 in England
  • #765 of 1,002 in London
  • #29 of 33 in Redbridge
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,836
Median age (est.)32
Density15,218per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above33%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 14%25–44 32%45–64 21%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 10%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 17%Couple, no children: 5%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 13%Other: 28%
One person 17%Couple, no children 5%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 13%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Sales & customer service 11%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary14%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 12%Asian: 69%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 7%
White 12%Asian 69%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 53% · Christian 17% · Sikh 11%

Born outside the UK: 55%

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

Ilford South East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,256 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 33 in Redbridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (66) but weak on Income (9). Typical homes here sold for about £450,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 27 sales), 12% below the wider Redbridge median of £510,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,897 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 9 · #6,222
Employment 34 · #4,543
Education 25 · #5,112
Health 66 · #2,322
Crime 36 · #4,365
Housing & access 22 · #5,372
Living environment 18 · #5,605

House prices ?

£450,000median (12m) · +15.4% yr · n=27
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£450,00027+15.4%+12.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£450,00023+9.1%+8.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£450,000
Redbridge£510,000
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)£46,897±£7,111 · #1,655 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,984
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 575 offences
Redbridge79
London102
England83

Rank #2,691 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences255
Theft69
Burglary28
Vehicle crime75
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons39
Drugs36
Robbery17
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 214 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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