Markhouse & St James Park

Waltham Forest · London · population 9,609 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,605 of 6,856 in England
  • #604 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents9,741
Median age (est.)35
Density3,897per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above42%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 23%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 22%
One person 22%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 29%Black: 15%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 44%Asian 29%Black 15%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 33% · Christian 31% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Markhouse & St James Park is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,605 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (59) and lowest on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £630,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 61 sales), 16% above the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £48,726 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 25 · #5,160
Employment 36 · #4,358
Education 48 · #3,590
Health 59 · #2,781
Crime 47 · #3,645
Housing & access 17 · #5,701
Living environment 19 · #5,571

House prices ?

£630,000median (12m) · +6.6% yr · n=61
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£630,00061+6.6%+11.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£707,00043+9.3%+16.1%
Flat£401,50016+6.9%+7.1%
This area£630,000
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)£48,726±£7,047 · #1,299 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,525
Price-to-income ?12.9×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 562 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #2,750 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences218
Theft124
Burglary20
Vehicle crime58
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons25
Drugs50
Robbery22
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 201 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 →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in Waltham Forest

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.