Housing in E7 9EQ
What the homes in E7 9EQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Leytonstone South East
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,810 (2024)
E7 9EQLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (58.9%). Flats make up 24.5%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
46.3% of households in the E7 9EQ area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 37.3% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 18.1% own outright and 28.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented37.3%20.5%
- Social rented15.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.8 people living in it. 24.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (20.6%). 28.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Waltham Forest
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Waltham Forest (August 2026, +1.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around E7 9EQ (Leytonstone South East) (about 1,810 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.