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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000876

Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,274 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
7,274

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,778

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

13,507.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

71.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.7%

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.

Hatton Garden & Theobalds Road, Camden6,659 residents · 18.1% owned · 76.3% no carCamden Street & Elm Village, Camden8,908 residents · 18.4% owned · 72.8% no carStratford Central, Newham9,987 residents · 21.5% owned · 67.0% no carOld Street & St Luke's, Islington10,673 residents · 16.6% owned · 77.6% no carHammersmith Broadway, Hammersmith and Fulham8,267 residents · 21.9% owned · 67.8% no carLondon Bridge & Bermondsey West, Southwark10,788 residents · 19.6% owned · 69.6% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets6,514 residents · 20.6% owned · 69.8% no carBrick Lane North, Tower Hamlets8,145 residents · 19.2% owned · 72.7% no carBethnal Green North East, Tower Hamlets7,961 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carSpitalfields, Tower Hamlets10,433 residents · 20.7% owned · 75.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bethnal Green South

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

Tenure

Private rented42.3%
1,176 households
Social rented35%
973 households
Owned21%
584 households
Shared ownership1.2%
34 households
Lives rent free0.4%
11 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement79.5%
2,208 households
Terraced7.2%
201 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse4.5%
124 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%
73 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.6%
72 households
Semi-detached2.3%
65 households
Detached1.2%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household71.3%
1,982 households
1 car or van in household24.3%
676 households
2 cars or vans in household3.6%
101 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
19 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom39.5%
1,097 households
2 bedrooms32.9%
914 households
3 bedrooms17.9%
497 households
4 or more bedrooms9.7%
270 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.8%
1,245 households
One-person household34.8%
967 households
Other household types20.3%
564 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.8%
967 households
2 people in household29.8%
826 households
3 people in household13%
360 households
4 people in household10.3%
285 households
5 people in household6.1%
169 households
6 people in household3.1%
87 households
7 people in household1.5%
41 households
8 or more people in household1.4%
40 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,174 residents
15–2932.6%
2,371 residents
30–4429.2%
2,127 residents
45–6416.9%
1,227 residents
65 and over5.2%
376 residents
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh53.1%
3,861 residents
White33.1%
2,406 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.2%
380 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
354 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
272 residents
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.7%
2,942 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.7%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
758 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.1%
487 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
468 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.3%
3,640 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.2%
2,125 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,135 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.4%
988 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
977 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.4%
807 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.2%
495 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.2%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
3,645 residents
Good health33.1%
2,406 residents
Fair health11.1%
808 residents
Bad health4.1%
297 residents
Very bad health1.6%
119 residents
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.9%
6,252 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.1%
1,024 residents
Bethnal Green South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.4%
1,094 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
949 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.7%
492 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
221 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
21 households
Bethnal Green 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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