Leyton is mostly people in their thirties who rent. Fewer than half of households own their home. The typical resident is in their mid-thirties. About four in ten adults have a degree. One household in four is a single person living alone. It's a town of people on their way somewhere, and quite a lot of them are on their way somewhere else.
Every population figure here comes from the 2021 Census. About 42% of Leyton's households own their home, about 35% rent privately and about 21% rent from the council or a housing association. On most streets the owners are outnumbered, and the renters are the ones who can leave at short notice.
The median resident is 35, and about 39% of people are aged between 25 and 44. Leyton is in its thirties and behaves like it, renting and working and putting off the question of where to put down roots.
Gross household income before tax averaged about £67,900 in the financial year to March 2023. That figure is an Office for National Statistics estimate, modelled for neighbourhoods and averaged across Leyton. It is what households earn before tax, rent and the travelcard have taken their share.
About 26% of households are one person living alone, and about 6% are pensioners living alone, who are counted within that 26%. Couples with children make up about 19% and lone parents about 14%. In Leyton, more households are one person on their own than two parents with children.
About 42% of residents hold a degree, about 19% have no qualifications, and only about 3% are full-time students. The degrees were earned somewhere else and arrived in Leyton with the moving boxes.
About 85% of Leyton's residents describe their health as good or very good. Across Waltham Forest, the rate of deaths from preventable causes is better than the England average. The borough's smoking rate, at about 7%, is similar to England's.
As a community to buy into, Leyton is thin. It is young and well qualified, but most of its residents rent, and many of them won't be your neighbours for long.