Fulbourne Road & Walthamstow Forest

Waltham Forest · London · population 8,396 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,700 of 6,856 in England
  • #424 of 1,002 in London
  • #7 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,425
Median age (est.)37
Density5,773per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above46%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 35%45–64 24%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 14%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 14%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 14%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 20%Black: 16%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 52%Asian 20%Black 16%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 27% · Muslim 20%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Fulbourne Road & Walthamstow Forest sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,700 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (66) and lowest on Living environment (16). Typical homes here sold for about £556,750 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 88 sales), in line with the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £56,221 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 37 · #4,303
Employment 49 · #3,522
Education 61 · #2,685
Health 66 · #2,308
Crime 44 · #3,864
Housing & access 37 · #4,344
Living environment 16 · #5,777

House prices ?

£556,750median (12m) · -0.8% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£556,75088-0.8%+14.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£539,0008-13.3%-14.4%
Terraced£673,00043+6.8%+27.6%
Flat£376,50036+12.4%+6.1%
This area£556,750
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)£56,221±£7,989 · #370 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,101
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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 544 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #3,197 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft76
Burglary44
Vehicle crime107
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons38
Drugs55
Robbery22
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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