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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000839

Sydenham Hill

Sydenham Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,480 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark
8,480

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,429

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,070.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

58.8%

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.

Lee, Lewisham6,861 residents · 60.5% owned · 32.5% no carKidbrooke South, Greenwich12,367 residents · 46.5% owned · 37.5% no carHighgate Wood, Haringey6,492 residents · 53.5% owned · 37.8% no carWest Norwood West & Streatham East, Lambeth8,592 residents · 54.2% owned · 38.9% no carChiswick South East, Hounslow8,976 residents · 55.1% owned · 33.0% no carUpper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest9,247 residents · 53.1% owned · 41.8% no car

Most similar within Southwark

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Nunhead South & Newlands, Southwark7,680 residents · 51.8% owned · 40.3% no carDulwich Hill, Southwark9,497 residents · 49.9% owned · 41.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sydenham Hill

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

Tenure

Owned52.3%
1,792 households
Social rented24.1%
828 households
Private rented21.9%
750 households
Shared ownership1.5%
53 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement57%
1,954 households
Terraced15%
515 households
Detached12.7%
437 households
Semi-detached10.1%
346 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4%
138 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,547 households
No cars or vans in household38.1%
1,306 households
2 cars or vans in household12.5%
429 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.3%
146 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33.8%
1,157 households
3 bedrooms28%
961 households
4 or more bedrooms23.7%
813 households
1 bedroom14.5%
497 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.1%
2,130 households
One-person household28.6%
979 households
Other household types9.3%
319 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.4%
1,112 households
1 person in household28.6%
979 households
3 people in household17.7%
608 households
4 people in household14.4%
492 households
5 people in household4.6%
158 households
6 people in household1.6%
54 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
15 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
1,749 residents
15–2916.6%
1,407 residents
30–4424.6%
2,084 residents
45–6425.5%
2,159 residents
65 and over12.8%
1,082 residents
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White57.7%
4,893 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.9%
1,686 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.8%
828 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.3%
704 residents
Other ethnic group4.4%
370 residents
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above58.8%
3,895 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.8%
779 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.3%
747 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.3%
613 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5%
329 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.3%
4,323 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.7%
2,166 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,637 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.8%
580 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
552 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.9%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.9%
4,908 residents
Good health30%
2,547 residents
Fair health8.9%
755 residents
Bad health2.3%
194 residents
Very bad health0.9%
79 residents
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
7,404 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,076 residents
Sydenham Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.8%
1,877 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
1,029 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.2%
385 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
133 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sydenham Hill · 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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