Mostly working families who own their homes. About seven in ten households own. The typical resident is in their late thirties. Household incomes are comfortable before tax, and about a quarter of households are couples raising children. Clayhall isn't wealthy and it isn't struggling.
At the 2021 Census, the source for every population figure here, about 69% of Clayhall's households owned their home. Private renters made up about 18% and social renters about 13%. Across 6,727 households and just under 21,000 residents, that leaves owners firmly in charge. Landlords and social housing are present without setting the tone.
The median age is 39, and about 27% of residents are aged between 25 and 44. That is a population mostly at the stage of mortgages, school runs and careers. Very few of them are just starting out, and very few are winding down.
The Office for National Statistics models median household income across Clayhall and its surrounding area at about £74,000 before tax for the financial year to March 2023. Its after-tax estimate for the same year is about £50,000. Those figures are now more than three years old, and £74,000 for a household usually means two earners. Even after tax it leaves enough for a semi, with not much to spare once the mortgage is paid.
Couples with dependent children make up about 24% of households and lone parents about 13%. About 21% of households are one person living alone, and that includes about 11% who are pensioners living alone. Two kinds of household live side by side on the same streets: busy family homes and older residents living on their own in houses that were built for families.
About 41% of residents hold a degree-level qualification and about 18% have no formal qualifications. Full-time students account for about 3%. The graduate and the resident with no qualifications often live a few doors apart. There is no university nearby to fill the place with young adults, so the population stays in working-age households.
About 84% of residents rated their own health as good or very good in 2021. In the public health figures for Redbridge as a whole, preventable deaths come out better than the England average, while smoking, at about 9% of adults, is similar to England's. Those are borough measures, and the borough covers far more than these streets.
Clayhall is a solidly average, mixed suburb. It is full of working households that own their homes and are getting by comfortably without much to spare.