Wanstead

Redbridge · London · population 5,780 · 4 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #608 of 6,856 in England
  • #67 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 33 in Redbridge
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,788
Median age (est.)42
Density3,407per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above57%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 21%Black: 6%Mixed: 7%Other: 3%
White 64%Asian 21%Black 6%Mixed 7%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 29% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Wanstead is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #608 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 33 in Redbridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (97) but weak on Living environment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £785,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 58 sales), 54% above the wider Redbridge median of £510,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,456 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £66,350 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 53 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 86 · #992
Employment 88 · #821
Education 97 · #183
Health 93 · #471
Crime 64 · #2,493
Housing & access 87 · #910
Living environment 24 · #5,180

House prices ?

£785,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£785,000580.0%-2.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£1,050,00021+1.4%+14.5%
Terraced£810,00017+11.7%-0.9%
Flat£390,00016-23.2%+14.7%
This area£785,000
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)£66,350±£9,726 · #47 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£56,608
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 308 offences
Redbridge79
London102
England83

Rank #2,357 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences96
Theft29
Burglary31
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons24
Drugs15
Robbery10
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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