Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:41 am – 9:20 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:02 am – 3:51 pm
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People9,472 residentsin the Romford North census areaMedian age 40.33,527 households79% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright7% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.6% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 4,544 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: construction 15%, health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 13%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 46% go by car, 18% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages28% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 90%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 24°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C636 mm of rain a year, 12 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October33 days of air frost, 24 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesHavering Country Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 69 haEducational Nature Reservepark · under a mileRaphael Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haThe Warren Park Golf Centregolf course · under a mile · 50 haKing George's Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 10 haLawns Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes20 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202043 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Feb 202318 mi away, Bicknacre, EssexSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 13 · PM2.5 8.4 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,647 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation22 m72 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 20 to 51 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalVictoria Hospital (Romford)1.1 miGP surgeryNorth Street Medical Care20 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyMy Pharmacy17 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistLowshoe Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi35 schools21 primary, 7 secondary, 1 all-through, 4 independent, 2 specialPrimaryParklands Primary Schoolages 2-11, 881 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCrownfield Infant Schoolages 3-7, 321 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryMarshalls Park Academyages 11-16, 1,174 pupilsunder a mileCollegeBarking and Dagenham College2.1 miUniversityUniversity of East London7.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY7.5 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN21 miRailway stationRomford1.3 miUndergroundElm Park Underground Station3.1 miBus stationCommunity HospitalShenfield6.9 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth5.5 miBus stops91 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the RM5 postcode district.
