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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
230
Population
505
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
218
England❚SE23 3HR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
51
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
75
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
63

Age Groups

Population
505
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
80%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
32%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
418
Single
285
Married
90
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
27
Widowed
5

Health

Population
505
Very good
273
Good
164
Fair
48
Bad
11
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
418
England❚SE23 3HR❚
Degree or above
61
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
188
Other qualifications
30
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
505
White British
166
White Irish
1
White Other
85
Mixed Black Caribbean
21
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
8
Mixed Other
16
Asian Indian
10
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
18
Black African
77
Black Caribbean
52
Black Other
23
Arab
1
Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
505
England
267
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
7
Germany
2
Italy
6
Portugal
1
Spain
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
44
Romania
6
Turkey
1
Ghana
3
Nigeria
19
Somalia
3
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
9
Middle East
3
China
1
Hong Kong
5
India
1
Sri Lanka
3
USA
3
South America
8
Carribean
22
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
5

Religion

Population
505
Christian
243
Buddhist
3
Hindu
6
Muslim
31
Other
5
No religion
175
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
275
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
20
Financial and insurance
16
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
30
Human health and social work
46

Economic Activity

Population
407
England❚SE23 3HR❚
Full-Time employee
166
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
61
Unemployed
26
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
63
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
230
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
32
Shared ownership
13
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
79
Rented - private landlord
70
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
237
Occupied
230
Unoccupied
7
Detached
5
Semi detached
4
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
177
Flat - converted
36
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
230
One person
88
Two people
75
Three people
31
Four people
18
Five people
7
Six people
10
Seven people
1

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