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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000001

City of London

City of London is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,583 residents in City of London. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for City of London
8,583

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,914

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,975

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

77.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

74.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Marylebone & Park Lane, Westminster6,837 residents · 31.3% owned · 65.3% no carStrand, St James & Mayfair, Westminster6,388 residents · 23.7% owned · 75.9% no carCentral Westminster, Westminster8,085 residents · 26.9% owned · 69.4% no carCanary Wharf, Tower Hamlets7,076 residents · 24.5% owned · 74.2% no carBorough & Southwark Street, Southwark10,168 residents · 21.3% owned · 75.4% no carBryanston & Dorset Square, Westminster7,473 residents · 27.4% owned · 72.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in City of London

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented48.3%
2,373 households
Owned36.5%
1,794 households
Social rented14.9%
730 households
Shared ownership0.2%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement87%
4,273 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.5%
272 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.1%
203 households
Terraced1.6%
78 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
66 households
Semi-detached0.3%
15 households
Detached0.1%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household77.2%
3,793 households
1 car or van in household19.4%
954 households
2 cars or vans in household2.5%
123 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
43 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom53.4%
2,626 households
2 bedrooms32.1%
1,578 households
3 bedrooms10.6%
522 households
4 or more bedrooms3.8%
189 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household51%
2,506 households
Single family household40.3%
1,983 households
Other household types8.7%
427 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household51%
2,506 households
2 people in household36%
1,767 households
3 people in household7.5%
371 households
4 people in household3.9%
190 households
5 people in household1.1%
52 households
6 people in household0.2%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
10 households
7 people in household0.1%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 156.4%
546 residents
15–2927.9%
2,394 residents
30–4426.5%
2,275 residents
45–6425.2%
2,159 residents
65 and over14.1%
1,206 residents
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69.4%
5,955 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.8%
1,445 residents
Other ethnic group5.6%
482 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.5%
470 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.7%
232 residents
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above74.2%
5,939 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications8.8%
708 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.6%
529 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.9%
392 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.8%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
80 residents aged 16 and over
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.4%
5,555 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.1%
2,326 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
123 residents aged 16 and over
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations39.7%
3,176 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
1,914 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
568 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
437 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.4%
433 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.6%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.2%
255 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.7%
134 residents aged 16 and over
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.5%
4,937 residents
Good health31.8%
2,726 residents
Fair health8%
687 residents
Bad health2.2%
186 residents
Very bad health0.5%
47 residents
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.3%
7,664 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.7%
919 residents
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.8%
2,937 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.5%
1,547 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.1%
347 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
75 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
City of London · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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