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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
170
Population
310
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
166
England❚SE26 4QW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
53
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
85%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
39%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
172
Married
60
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
3

Health

Population
310
Very good
154
Good
117
Fair
28
Bad
10
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚SE26 4QW❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
112
White Irish
8
White Other
61
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
18
Black African
35
Black Caribbean
20
Black Other
14
Arab
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
165
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
5
France
7
Italy
5
Spain
3
Lithuania
6
Poland
11
Turkey
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
8
Somalia
1
South Africa
6
Zimbabwe
8
Middle East
7
China
4
Hong Kong
1
Sri Lanka
3
North America - Other
1
Central America
1
South America
2
Carribean
10
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
152
Buddhist
2
Muslim
27
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
95
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
201
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
16
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
29
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
20
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚SE26 4QW❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
36
Unemployed
15
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
170
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
23
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
106
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
178
Occupied
170
Unoccupied
8
Detached
6
Semi detached
7
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
96
Flat - converted
29
Flat - in commerical building
26

Household Size

All categoies
170
One person
73
Two people
67
Three people
21
Four people
6
Five people
2
Six 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