Walthamstow Market & South Grove

Waltham Forest · London · population 12,842 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #679 of 1,002 in London
  • #23 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,960
Median age (est.)35
Density14,557per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above49%
No car or van56%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 43%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 20%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 13%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 13%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 23%Black: 12%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 52%Asian 23%Black 12%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 31% · No religion 30% · Muslim 25%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

Walthamstow Market & South Grove is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (53) and lowest on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £520,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 108 sales), in line with the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £49,953 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 167 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,359
Employment 40 · #4,091
Education 53 · #3,234
Health 52 · #3,254
Crime 19 · #5,551
Housing & access 16 · #5,729
Living environment 14 · #5,893

House prices ?

£520,000median (12m) · +8.6% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£520,000108+8.6%+9.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£717,50045+1.3%+16.7%
Flat£439,61060+3.4%+7.2%
This area£520,000
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)£49,953±£7,152 · #1,071 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,216
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

167 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,149 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #6,023 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences526
Theft865
Burglary80
Vehicle crime117
Criminal damage & arson156
Public order & weapons180
Drugs114
Robbery84
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 563 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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