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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000889

St George in the East & Wapping North

St George in the East & Wapping North is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,965 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
8,965

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,807

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15,462.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

68.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

59.6%

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.

Canning Town South & Bow Creek, Newham13,097 residents · 20.9% owned · 63.1% no carVauxhall South, Lambeth12,520 residents · 24.5% owned · 72.8% no carSurrey Quays, Southwark10,291 residents · 32.5% owned · 56.7% no carLower Holloway, Islington12,420 residents · 23.9% owned · 72.6% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carWandsworth South, Wandsworth9,324 residents · 35.6% owned · 55.0% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Limehouse East, Tower Hamlets9,590 residents · 26.5% owned · 64.2% no carMillwall North, Tower Hamlets11,015 residents · 18.1% owned · 75.7% no carBlackwall, Tower Hamlets7,461 residents · 24.2% owned · 70.5% no carShadwell Basin & Ratcliffe, Tower Hamlets8,620 residents · 27.2% owned · 62.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St George in the East & Wapping North

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

Tenure

Private rented48.3%
1,840 households
Owned25.6%
976 households
Social rented23.7%
903 households
Shared ownership2.2%
82 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement81.8%
3,114 households
Terraced9.5%
363 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.8%
143 households
Semi-detached2.2%
83 households
Detached1.2%
45 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household68.9%
2,624 households
1 car or van in household27.2%
1,034 households
2 cars or vans in household3.3%
124 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.6%
24 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.2%
1,568 households
1 bedroom34.1%
1,298 households
3 bedrooms17.7%
673 households
4 or more bedrooms7%
267 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.5%
1,882 households
One-person household35.9%
1,365 households
Other household types14.7%
558 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.9%
1,365 households
2 people in household34.6%
1,318 households
3 people in household13.2%
503 households
4 people in household7.9%
301 households
5 people in household4.7%
178 households
6 people in household2.3%
86 households
7 people in household0.9%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,442 residents
15–2929.8%
2,668 residents
30–4432.7%
2,929 residents
45–6416.1%
1,446 residents
65 and over5.3%
477 residents
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White45.8%
4,108 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh40.6%
3,638 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
462 residents
Other ethnic group4.4%
395 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
362 residents
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above59.6%
4,438 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
885 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.3%
844 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
528 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.5%
407 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
147 residents aged 16 and over
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71%
5,284 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.2%
1,949 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
206 residents aged 16 and over
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations30.8%
2,289 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.6%
1,529 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.5%
779 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.3%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.4%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.4%
405 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
231 residents aged 16 and over
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.3%
5,044 residents
Good health30.8%
2,764 residents
Fair health9.2%
823 residents
Bad health2.9%
257 residents
Very bad health0.9%
77 residents
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89%
7,983 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11%
985 residents
St George in the East & Wapping North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
2,065 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,195 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
407 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.4%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
St George in the East & Wapping North · 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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