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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000841

St Helier South

St Helier South is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,188 residents in Sutton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sutton
9,188

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,304

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,954.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.9%

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.

St Helier North, Merton9,666 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.0% no carPerry Street, Gravesham8,007 residents · 52.4% owned · 23.5% no carHarold Hill West, Havering7,283 residents · 55.7% owned · 26.9% no carBecontree East, Barking and Dagenham13,250 residents · 43.8% owned · 32.6% no carTree Estate, Dartford6,733 residents · 51.0% owned · 25.0% no carDagenham Central, Barking and Dagenham9,865 residents · 41.5% owned · 34.5% no car

Most similar within Sutton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Middleton Circle, Sutton9,321 residents · 46.3% owned · 26.9% no carThe Wrythe, Sutton8,657 residents · 63.2% owned · 22.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Helier South

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

Tenure

Owned45.1%
1,491 households
Social rented38.6%
1,275 households
Private rented14.5%
478 households
Shared ownership1.6%
53 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced57.8%
1,909 households
Semi-detached17.7%
584 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.1%
565 households
Detached2.9%
96 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.6%
85 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
54 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.7%
1,508 households
No cars or vans in household28%
924 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
680 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
189 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45%
1,487 households
2 bedrooms36.3%
1,198 households
1 bedroom12.5%
414 households
4 or more bedrooms6.1%
202 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.5%
2,228 households
One-person household22.6%
746 households
Other household types9.9%
326 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.4%
871 households
1 person in household22.6%
746 households
3 people in household20.5%
675 households
4 people in household18.6%
614 households
5 people in household7.9%
261 households
6 people in household2.5%
84 households
7 people in household1.1%
37 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.8%
1,910 residents
15–2919.7%
1,806 residents
30–4422.8%
2,093 residents
45–6426.6%
2,443 residents
65 and over10.2%
933 residents
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64%
5,881 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19%
1,749 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
714 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
450 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
395 residents
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.9%
2,068 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.3%
1,591 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,088 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
851 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
229 residents aged 16 and over
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.5%
4,538 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.1%
2,439 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
172 residents aged 16 and over
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.6%
1,256 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14%
999 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
896 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
892 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
786 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.4%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
438 residents aged 16 and over
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.9%
4,398 residents
Good health34.1%
3,131 residents
Fair health12.4%
1,136 residents
Bad health4.4%
405 residents
Very bad health1.3%
118 residents
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
7,612 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,576 residents
St Helier South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,231 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension36.5%
1,204 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.6%
647 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
205 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
St Helier South · 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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