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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000790

St Margarets

St Margarets is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,585 residents in Richmond upon Thames. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Richmond upon Thames
6,585

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,701

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,290.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

70.2%

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.

Bedford Park, Ealing6,950 residents · 61.2% owned · 34.6% no carSouthfields North, Wandsworth9,686 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.7% no carWimbledon Park & Durnsford Road, Merton9,054 residents · 58.9% owned · 32.1% no carClarence Park, St Albans7,802 residents · 56.6% owned · 19.1% no carWimbledon Chase, Merton8,214 residents · 63.7% owned · 30.8% no carAlexandra Park, Haringey6,474 residents · 68.6% owned · 27.1% no car

Most similar within Richmond upon Thames

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Teddington North, Richmond upon Thames7,110 residents · 68.5% owned · 20.7% no carKew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames9,714 residents · 63.4% owned · 26.4% no carEast Sheen North, Richmond upon Thames9,095 residents · 67.3% owned · 25.5% no carMortlake & South Barnes, Richmond upon Thames11,372 residents · 55.9% owned · 30.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Margarets

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

Tenure

Owned65.7%
1,774 households
Private rented29.2%
789 households
Social rented4.4%
118 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced29.8%
807 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.1%
678 households
Semi-detached18.7%
505 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.3%
388 households
Detached7.3%
197 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2%
54 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.9%
52 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
23 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household55.4%
1,497 households
No cars or vans in household24.2%
655 households
2 cars or vans in household16.6%
450 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
102 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms33.3%
901 households
2 bedrooms29.9%
808 households
3 bedrooms22.1%
597 households
1 bedroom14.8%
399 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.1%
1,814 households
One-person household27.3%
738 households
Other household types5.6%
152 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.8%
859 households
1 person in household27.3%
738 households
4 people in household18%
488 households
3 people in household17.6%
477 households
5 people in household4.3%
115 households
6 people in household0.7%
20 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
1,356 residents
15–2913.9%
914 residents
30–4423.1%
1,524 residents
45–6430.7%
2,021 residents
65 and over11.7%
771 residents
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.9%
5,656 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%
379 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
339 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
149 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
63 residents
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above70.2%
3,618 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.8%
558 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
411 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications4.8%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.9%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
81 residents aged 16 and over
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71.5%
3,689 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.3%
1,409 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
63 residents aged 16 and over
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations34.3%
1,769 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.5%
1,522 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
347 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.5%
182 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.1%
158 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.3%
120 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2%
105 residents aged 16 and over
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health65%
4,283 residents
Good health27%
1,780 residents
Fair health6.2%
409 residents
Bad health1.3%
84 residents
Very bad health0.4%
29 residents
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act91.3%
6,015 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act8.7%
571 residents
St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension68.6%
1,856 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.4%
687 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions5.1%
137 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
22 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
St Margarets · 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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