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Administrative Areas

Ward
Forest Hill
Local Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham West and Penge
Region
London
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
204
Population
571
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
182
England❚SE23 3AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
54
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
72
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
571
Under 16
42%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
27%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
334
Single
155
Married
113
Civil partnership
3
Separated
35
Divorced
12
Widowed
16

Health

Population
571
Very good
324
Good
168
Fair
62
Bad
13
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
334
England❚SE23 3AJ❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
147
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
571
White British
163
White Irish
3
White Other
38
Mixed Black Caribbean
18
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
67
Asian Indian
16
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
59
Black African
17
Black Caribbean
99
Black Other
65
Arab
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
571
England
340
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
3
Germany
5
Italy
2
Spain
1
Poland
4
Turkey
3
Ghana
17
Nigeria
9
Kenya
3
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
China
1
Bangladesh
2
India
3
Pakistan
6
Sri Lanka
47
USA
3
North America - Other
2
Central America
1
South America
5
Carribean
27
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
571
Christian
285
Buddhist
17
Hindu
36
Jewish
1
Muslim
22
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
151
Not stated
54

Industry

Population
244
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
37
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
36
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
35
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
320
England❚SE23 3AJ❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
77
Self employed
38
Unemployed
20
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
204
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
30
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
84
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
206
Occupied
204
Unoccupied
2
Detached
25
Semi detached
41
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
130
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
204
One person
41
Two people
55
Three people
21
Four people
80
Five people
5
Six people
2

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019