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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000682

Forster Park & Southend

Forster Park & Southend is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,932 residents in Lewisham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lewisham
8,932

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,218

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,504

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.4%

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.

Wickham Lane & Winns Common, Greenwich7,557 residents · 45.2% owned · 37.4% no carLonesome, Merton9,323 residents · 49.1% owned · 34.1% no carWaddon South, Croydon10,857 residents · 45.1% owned · 31.3% no carAbbey Wood South, Greenwich7,041 residents · 47.5% owned · 37.0% no carPollards Hill, Merton8,306 residents · 49.4% owned · 29.6% no carAbbey Wood North, Greenwich9,871 residents · 34.2% owned · 41.0% no car

Most similar within Lewisham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Further Green, Lewisham6,961 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.9% no carBellingham & Perry Hill, Lewisham8,473 residents · 43.9% owned · 41.0% no carDownham West, Lewisham7,968 residents · 46.1% owned · 37.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Forster Park & Southend

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

Tenure

Owned44%
1,415 households
Social rented35.1%
1,129 households
Private rented19.6%
632 households
Shared ownership1.3%
42 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement36.6%
1,177 households
Semi-detached30.5%
981 households
Terraced23.9%
769 households
Detached5.3%
170 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%
91 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
1,378 households
No cars or vans in household36.4%
1,171 households
2 cars or vans in household16.3%
523 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.5%
146 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.6%
1,692 households
2 bedrooms25.5%
821 households
1 bedroom11.1%
356 households
4 or more bedrooms10.8%
349 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63%
2,026 households
One-person household25.9%
833 households
Other household types11.2%
359 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household25.9%
834 households
2 people in household24.8%
797 households
3 people in household19.1%
614 households
4 people in household16.2%
522 households
5 people in household8.1%
261 households
6 people in household3.9%
126 households
7 people in household1.3%
42 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.8%
1,946 residents
15–2921.3%
1,901 residents
30–4420.6%
1,837 residents
45–6425.7%
2,296 residents
65 and over10.6%
950 residents
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White37.4%
3,341 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African36.6%
3,267 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.1%
1,084 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.8%
698 residents
Other ethnic group6.1%
543 residents
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.4%
2,285 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.8%
1,421 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
907 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
688 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.8%
4,085 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.5%
2,560 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.8%
878 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.7%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
777 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.9%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.8%
739 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.6%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
285 residents aged 16 and over
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.1%
4,561 residents
Good health33.3%
2,977 residents
Fair health11.3%
1,006 residents
Bad health3.5%
312 residents
Very bad health0.9%
76 residents
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
7,662 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
1,272 residents
Forster Park & Southend · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.5%
1,304 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,140 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18%
580 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
173 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
20 households
Forster Park & Southend · 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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