Friday Hill

Waltham Forest · London · population 8,438 · 5 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,468 of 6,856 in England
  • #575 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,569
Median age (est.)40
Density4,554per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above33%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 29%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 17%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 17%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 10%Black: 12%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 67%Asian 10%Black 12%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 31% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Friday Hill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,468 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (52) and lowest on Employment (27). Typical homes here sold for about £475,350 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 78 sales), 12% below the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £48,191 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 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 28 · #4,899
Employment 27 · #5,030
Education 43 · #3,899
Health 46 · #3,713
Crime 52 · #3,295
Housing & access 36 · #4,399
Living environment 39 · #4,207

House prices ?

£475,350median (12m) · -12.8% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,35078-12.8%+20.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£680,00023+4.6%+8.8%
Terraced£485,90025-2.8%+14.3%
Flat£300,00027-8.3%+1.7%
This area£475,350
Waltham Forest£541,565
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)£48,191±£6,887 · #1,413 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,011
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 440 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #2,269 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences176
Theft72
Burglary21
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons32
Drugs21
Robbery13
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 151 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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