Forward Planning

Tower Hamlets Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (19) TOWER HAMLETS WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	2360
Occupied dwellings	2211 (93.7%)
Number of households	2214
Owner occupied households	1194 (53.9%)
LA¹ rented households	314 (14.2)
HA/RSL² rented households	206 (9.3)
Privately rented households	412 (18.6)
Other households³	88 (4.0)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	559 (11.7)	493 (10.3)	1052 (22.0)
16-44	961 (20.1)	1035 (21.6)	1996 (41.7)
45-64	505 (10.6)	478 (10.0)	983 (20.6)
65-74	149 (3.1)	216 (4.5)	365 (7.6)
75-84	110 (2.3)	178 (3.7)	288 (6.0)
85 and over	18 (0.4)	80 (1.7)	98 (2.0)
Total	2302 (48.1)	2480 (51.9)	4782 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4709 (98.5%)
Asian/Asian British	25 (0.5)
Black/Black British	8 (0.2)
Chinese	14 (0.3)
Other Ethnic	6 (0.1)
Mixed	24 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1190 (35.6)	968 (29.0)	2158 (64.6)
Full time⁴ employees	831 (24.9)	464 (13.9)	1295 (38.8)
Part time⁵ employees	48 (1.4)	337 (10.1)	385 (11.5)
Self employed	132 (4.0)	54 (1.6)	186 (5.6)
Economically inactive	421 (12.6)	761 (22.8)	1182 (35.4)
Unemployed	148 (4.4)	81 (2.4)	229 (6.9)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	69 (1.4%)
16-44	266 (5.6)
45-64	291 (6.1)
65+	415 (8.7)
Total persons with LLTI	1041 (21.8)
Households with sufferers	827 (37.3)

Household Composition

Single person	851 (38.4%)
With dependent⁶ children	630 (28.5)
Single parent	245 (11.1)
With pensioner	517 (23.3)
Pensioner living alone	369 (16.7)

Travel to Work

Train	53 (2.8%)
Bus	67 (3.5)
Car/Van	876 (45.6)
Passenger in car/van	144 (7.5)
Motorcycle	20 (1.0)
Bicycle	45 (2.3)
Taxi	34 (1.8)
On foot	534 (27.8)
Other⁸	146 (7.6)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1189 (35.6%)
Level 1	671 (20.1)
Level 2	665 (19.9)
Level 3	232 (6.9)
Level 4/5	327 (9.8)
Other qualifications	255 (7.6)

Car Availability

No car households	1000 (45.2%)
1 car households	927 (41.9)
2 car households	237 (10.7)
3+ car households	50 (2.2)

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

Local Authority (LA)
Housing Association/Registered Social Landlord (HA/RSL)
Renting from employer and living rent free
Full-time is defined as working 31 hours or more a week
Part-time is defined as working 30 hours or less a week
A dependent child is a person aged 0-15 in a household or a person aged 16-18 who is a full time student and in a family with parents
Level 1: 1+ 'O' Levels/CSE/GCSE (any grade), NVQ Level 1, Foundation GNVQ
Level 2: 5+ 'O' Levels, 5+ CSEs (grade 1), 5+ GCSEs (Grade A to C), 1+ A/AS Level, NVQ Level 2, Intermediate GNVQ or equivalent
Level 3: 2+ A Levels, 4+ AS Levels, NVQ Level 3, Advanced GNVQ or equivalent
Level 4/5: First Degree, Higher Degree, NVQ Levels, 4-5, HND, HNC, Qualified Teacher, Doctor, Dentist, Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor or equivalent
Other: eg City & Guilds, RSA/OCR, BTEC/Ed excel, Other Professional Qualifications
Includes working from home and travelling to work by light rail

*Direct comparison with 1991 Census information is impossible due to Ward boundary changes

Source: 2001 Census: Office for National Statistics
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