City Profile • Local Authority

Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest is a local authority district comprising 7 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £576k, reflecting a upward trend of 2.1% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 98 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

275,887
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

7 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Waltham Forest authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English34.0%
White: Other White16.7%
Pakistani10.3%
African6.7%
Caribbean6.3%
Any other ethnic group4.8%

Age Profile

30-34 years10.2%
35-39 years9.7%
40-44 years8.3%
25-29 years8.1%
45-49 years7.0%
0-4 years6.8%

Top Occupations

Professional22.9%
Associate professional15.1%
Managers and directors12.4%
Elementary occupations11.2%
Skilled trades10.0%
Administrative and secretarial8.3%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage28.7%
Private rented: Landlord25.6%
Owned: Outright20.2%
Social rented: Other11.0%
Social rented: Council10.5%
Private rented: Other2.2%

Area DNA

family1/10
health10/10
safety3/10
homeown1/10
transit3/10
affluence8/10
diversity10/10
employment3/10
investment9/10