Editing Ilford (section)

==Demography==
===Historic population statistics===
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:10px;"
|+'''Ilford (parish) population'''
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1891
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,913 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1901 
| style="text-align:center;"| 41,234
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1911 
| style="text-align:center;"| 78,188
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 1921 
| style="text-align:center;"| 85,194
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1931 
| style="text-align:center;"| 131,061
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 1941 
| style="text-align:center;"| #
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 1951 
| style="text-align:center;"| 184,706
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1961 
| style="text-align:center;"| 178,024
|-
|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2|# no census was held due to war
|- 
| colspan="2" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"|source: [[Census#United Kingdom|UK census]]<ref name=pop_parish>{{cite vob | population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10244109&c_id=10001043&add=N | name=Ilford parish | accessdate=28 August 2009}}</ref>
|}

===Population===
The entire town of Ilford is also made up of its neighbourhoods [[Aldborough Hatch]], [[Barkingside]], [[Clayhall]], [[Cranbrook, London|Cranbrook]], [[Fairlop]], [[Fullwell Cross]], [[Loxford]], [[Gants Hill]], [[Goodmayes]], [[Newbury Park, London|Newbury Park]], [[Redbridge, London|Redbridge]], [[Hainault, London|Hainault]], [[Little Heath, London|Little Heath]] and [[Seven Kings]]. It approximates to 11 [[electoral ward]]s, and the total population counted 168,168 people in the 2011 census, compared to 303,858 for the borough of Redbridge as a whole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |title=2011 Census Ward Population Estimates &#124; London DataStore |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===Ethnicity===
Ilford has a very large ethnic-minority population, and is one of the most diverse towns in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/media/7259/ilford-manifesto.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801233142/https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/media/7259/ilford-manifesto.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ilford North had the fourth-highest Jewish proportion of residents in the 2001 census.<ref name="ukpollingreport.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/ilfordnorth |title=UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Ilford North |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807140404/http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/ilfordnorth/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Hindu, Muslim and Sikh population number some 30,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southasian.org.uk/research_popreport_groupings.html |title=South Asian Development Partnership – Research |publisher=Southasian.org.uk |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701034956/http://www.southasian.org.uk/research_popreport_groupings.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The large South Asian community in Ilford speak a variety of languages, including [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinklondon.com/downloads/london_communities/apac_india/D3_communities_indian.pdf |title=Setting up your business in London |work=Thinklondon.com |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050947/http://www.thinklondon.com/downloads/london_communities/apac_india/D3_communities_indian.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to the 2001 census, the [[Parliamentary constituencies of the UK parliament|parliamentary constituencies]] of Ilford North and Ilford South consisted of the following demographs:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 
! Ilford North
! Ilford South
|-
| Total Population
| 89,806 
| 106,608 
|-
| White
| 60.6%
| 40.1%
|-
| Black
| 20.2%
| 29.4%
|-
| Asian
| 15.5%
| 30.3%
|-
| Mixed 
| 2.2%
| 2.8%
|-
| Other
| 1.5%
| 0.4%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Ilford North
!Ilford South
|-
| Christian
| 55.1%
| 42.5%
|-
| Hindu
| 6.7%
| 10.5%
|-
| Jewish
| 10.3%
| 7.9%
|-
| Muslim
| 6.4%
| 19.6%
|-
| Sikh
| 2.7%
| 9.4%
|}

<ref name="ukpollingreport.co.uk" /><ref name="ReferenceA" />

At the 2011 census, the Clementswood ward's population with a [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|BAME]] (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) background was 84.2%, one of the highest in Greater London. Most of Ilford's other wards have figures above 70%. The lowest BAME ward in Ilford was Fairlop, 34.9%.<ref name="data.london.gov.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas|title=Ward Profiles and Atlas – London Datastore}}</ref>

===Housing===
House prices in Ilford are generally far lower than the average for Greater London. The median house price in 2014 in Ilford's Loxford ward was £193,000, which was the sixth lowest out of the 628 wards of Greater London.<ref name="data.london.gov.uk"/>

In most wards, a majority of houses are owned by the households. The exceptions are in Clementswood, Loxford, and Valentines.<ref name="data.london.gov.uk"/>

The table below shows housing type data for Ilford's wards at the 2011 census (but altered to match new ward boundaries in 2015).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2011 Census homes %
!Ward !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments<ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/2011-census-demography|title= Neighbourhood statistics|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]}}</ref>{{London ward populations|reference}} 
|-
|Aldborough||4.9%||25.1%||43.5%||26.6%
|-
|Barkingside||4.2%||31.5%||40.2%||24.1%
|-
|Clayhall||7.2%||48.7%||30.4%||13.6%
|-
|Clementswood||7.7%||12.4%||45.0%||34.9%
|-
|Cranbrook||3.5%||27.8%||39.7%||28.9%
|-
|Fairlop||7.4%||28.8%||37.7%||26.2%
|-
|Fullwell||7.6%||43.7%||21.9%||26.8%
|-
|Goodmayes||6.3%||22.1%||42.2%||29.3%
|-
|Loxford||2.9%||12.2%||42.8%||36.0%
|-
|Mayfield||10.8%||26.6%||47.3%||15.3%
|-
|Newbury||4.5%||17.8%||48.2%||29.3%
|-
|Seven Kings||6.1%||20.4%||42.9%||30.5%
|-
|Valentines||4.7%||13.1%||31.6%||50.5%
|-
|}

===Other===
The male life expectancy was 76.4 years in Loxford, and 84.5 years in Barkingside. The female expectancy was highest in Barkingside, 87.5 years, and lowest in Loxford, 81.7 years.<ref name="data.london.gov.uk"/>