Thamesmead East is home to a young, mostly renting population, with more social tenants than owners. More than half of households rent from a social landlord. Fewer than three in ten own their home. The typical resident is in their mid-thirties. A buyer here joins a minority of owners, on streets where most of the neighbours rent.
At the 2021 Census, which is the source for every population figure on this page, about 28% of Thamesmead East's 2,228 households owned their home. About 56% rented from a social landlord and about 15% rented privately. The household next door is more likely to rent from a social landlord than from a private one. When the fence needs fixing, a buyer may well be talking to a housing office.
The typical resident is about 36, and about 26% of people are aged 25 to 44. People here are mostly in the working, child-raising years.
The Office for National Statistics models household income in the financial year to March 2023 at about £68,000 before tax. That's an average across the area's three statistical zones. An average across three zones can hide a wide spread, and two earners on modest wages can reach that figure as easily as one high earner.
About 20% of households are lone parents with children, slightly more than the 18% that are couples with children. Many households have children, and in a large share of them one adult is doing the work of two.
About 33% of households are one person living alone, and about 10% of all households are a pensioner living alone. Those pensioners are part of the 33%, not extra to it. Single-person households outnumber both kinds of family household.
About 37% of residents have a degree-level qualification, about 20% have no qualifications and about 5% are full-time students. There are plenty of graduates and plenty of people without qualifications.
At the Census, about 83% of residents described their health as good or very good. Across Bexley as a whole, the borough's rate of preventable deaths and its smoking rate are both similar to England's.
As a place for a buyer to settle among other owners, Thamesmead East is below average. It's a young area where most people rent, many of them from a social landlord, and a buyer will be in the minority.