Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000808

Borough & Southwark Street

Borough & Southwark Street is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,168 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark

10,168

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,696

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,669.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

75.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

59.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Borough & Southwark Street

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

Tenure

Private rented44.4%

2,086 households

Social rented31.2%

1,465 households

Owned21.3%

999 households

Shared ownership2.9%

138 households

Lives rent free0.2%

8 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement84.5%

3,968 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5%

236 households

Terraced3.8%

177 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%

124 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%

102 households

Semi-detached1.4%

66 households

Detached0.4%

20 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

5 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household75.4%

3,541 households

1 car or van in household21.2%

995 households

2 cars or vans in household2.9%

134 households

3 or more cars or vans in household0.6%

26 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43%

2,017 households

1 bedroom38%

1,784 households

3 bedrooms14.9%

700 households

4 or more bedrooms4.2%

195 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household43.4%

2,037 households

One-person household42.6%

2,000 households

Other household types14%

656 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.6%

2,000 households

2 people in household37.7%

1,774 households

3 people in household11.2%

528 households

4 people in household5.7%

266 households

5 people in household1.9%

90 households

6 people in household0.5%

24 households

7 people in household0.2%

9 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

9 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.2%

830 residents

15–2940.8%

4,151 residents

30–4425%

2,542 residents

45–6418.9%

1,921 residents

65 and over7.1%

725 residents

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White56.9%

5,784 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19%

1,931 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.9%

1,317 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.2%

628 residents

Other ethnic group5%

510 residents

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above59.6%

5,542 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications18.3%

1,702 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications8.6%

800 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications5.5%

509 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.4%

319 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.7%

247 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship1.9%

177 residents aged 16 and over

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.1%

5,590 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive34.5%

3,207 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student5.4%

499 residents aged 16 and over

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.2%

2,617 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students24.6%

2,290 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%

1,733 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.8%

543 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%

533 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations5.7%

532 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations4.8%

448 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations4.3%

398 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.2%

201 residents aged 16 and over

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.8%

5,882 residents

Good health30.3%

3,078 residents

Fair health8.5%

863 residents

Bad health2.5%

259 residents

Very bad health0.8%

86 residents

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.5%

8,898 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act12.5%

1,270 residents

Borough & Southwark Street · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.1%

2,727 households

Household is deprived in one dimension27.7%

1,300 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%

520 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions3%

139 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%

10 households

Borough & Southwark Street · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02000808

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Borough & Southwark Street

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Most similar within Southwark

Life in Borough & Southwark Street

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.