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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000814

Surrey Quays

Surrey Quays is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,291 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark
10,291

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,588

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,488.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

56.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

64.8%

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.

Wandsworth South, Wandsworth9,324 residents · 35.6% owned · 55.0% no carEast Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no carSt Mary's & Cotton Row, Wandsworth11,640 residents · 36.1% owned · 54.1% no carGreenwich Peninsula West, Greenwich8,229 residents · 39.7% owned · 58.7% no carMillwall South, Tower Hamlets11,007 residents · 29.7% owned · 55.2% no carColliers Wood, Merton9,854 residents · 42.5% owned · 48.2% no car

Most similar within Southwark

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rotherhithe, Southwark8,227 residents · 36.3% owned · 54.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Surrey Quays

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

Tenure

Private rented40.7%
1,869 households
Owned32.5%
1,491 households
Social rented23.6%
1,084 households
Shared ownership3.1%
140 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement73.7%
3,383 households
Terraced15.2%
696 households
Semi-detached6.1%
278 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.6%
73 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
59 households
Detached1.2%
56 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
11 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household56.7%
2,603 households
1 car or van in household36.5%
1,673 households
2 cars or vans in household5.7%
260 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
52 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms40.4%
1,853 households
1 bedroom29%
1,330 households
3 bedrooms20.5%
939 households
4 or more bedrooms10.2%
467 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.7%
2,372 households
One-person household31.7%
1,456 households
Other household types16.6%
760 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.8%
1,688 households
1 person in household31.7%
1,456 households
3 people in household15.9%
730 households
4 people in household10.7%
491 households
5 people in household3.1%
140 households
6 people in household1.2%
57 households
7 people in household0.4%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
1,375 residents
15–2926.6%
2,735 residents
30–4434.5%
3,546 residents
45–6418.9%
1,948 residents
65 and over6.7%
687 residents
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White63.7%
6,558 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.8%
1,321 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.2%
1,256 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.3%
646 residents
Other ethnic group5%
512 residents
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above64.8%
5,750 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.2%
903 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.4%
831 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6%
532 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.8%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
253 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)76.2%
6,761 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive21.2%
1,880 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.8%
2,643 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.5%
2,170 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
696 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
694 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.5%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
623 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.2%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.9%
521 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
315 residents aged 16 and over
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58%
5,964 residents
Good health30.8%
3,174 residents
Fair health8.3%
855 residents
Bad health2.2%
223 residents
Very bad health0.7%
75 residents
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.3%
9,087 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.7%
1,204 residents
Surrey Quays · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.4%
2,635 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.3%
1,345 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
477 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
121 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
11 households
Surrey Quays · 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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