• 61% of all households have a car or van for private use in 2001.
  • The estimated total number of cars and vans available for household use was 73,529 in 2001, compared with 64,930 cars in 1991.
  • This is a growth of 13% more cars and vans than in 1991. Vans for private use were not included in the 1991 Census.
  • The proportion of households with no car has fallen from 43% in1991 to 39% in 2001, (34,975 households). 44% of households have 1 car, and 17% of households have 2 or more cars or vans in 2001, compared to 15.4% in 1991. 2,739 households have 3 or more cars or vans available.
  • The pattern of travel to work has changed since 1991, when 41% of journeys to work were made by public transport and 41% by car (as driver or passenger).
  • In 2001 the proportion of employed people using public transport has risen to 46.5% (45,475 people). 34,679 Waltham Forest residents travel to work by car, a decrease to 35.5% of all those employed.
  • There has been an increase in the proportion of the employed who are working at or from home (3.4% in 1991), doubling to 6.9% in 2001 (6,735 employees).

Statistics

Adobe Acrobat format Census 2001 household composition by cars available

For further detailed statistics about Waltham Forest and other small area statistics please see Waltham Forest Stats.