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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000890

Tower Hill & Wapping South

Tower Hill & Wapping South is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,815 residents in Tower Hamlets. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tower Hamlets
5,815

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,891

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,365.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

57.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

69.5%

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.

Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk, Southwark5,312 residents · 31.6% owned · 67.1% no carWoolwich Arsenal, Greenwich6,319 residents · 25.2% owned · 64.6% no carBermondsey North, Southwark6,746 residents · 25.5% owned · 74.1% no carLondon Fields & Mare Street, Hackney10,418 residents · 24.6% owned · 67.7% no carCity Centre North & Collyhurst, Manchester7,882 residents · 17.4% owned · 66.1% no carGillespie Road, Islington9,582 residents · 38.3% owned · 58.3% no car

Most similar within Tower Hamlets

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bow South, Tower Hamlets11,328 residents · 27.1% owned · 64.7% no carSt George in the East & Wapping North, Tower Hamlets8,965 residents · 25.6% owned · 68.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tower Hill & Wapping South

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

Tenure

Private rented46.6%
1,346 households
Owned38.9%
1,124 households
Social rented13.3%
384 households
Shared ownership1.2%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement72.3%
2,089 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse17.8%
515 households
Terraced6.4%
186 households
Semi-detached1.2%
35 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
15 households
Detached0.5%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household57.7%
1,669 households
1 car or van in household35.9%
1,037 households
2 cars or vans in household4.9%
141 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.5%
44 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms46.7%
1,351 households
1 bedroom34.3%
992 households
3 bedrooms15.1%
436 households
4 or more bedrooms3.9%
113 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.4%
1,459 households
One-person household38.5%
1,113 households
Other household types11.1%
320 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.2%
1,162 households
1 person in household38.5%
1,113 households
3 people in household12.2%
352 households
4 people in household5.2%
149 households
5 people in household2.1%
61 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
25 households
6 people in household0.7%
19 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.6%
617 residents
15–2923%
1,339 residents
30–4434%
1,978 residents
45–6423.5%
1,365 residents
65 and over8.9%
516 residents
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White67.9%
3,948 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.8%
1,268 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
302 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
181 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
116 residents
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above69.5%
3,595 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.5%
490 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.7%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.7%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.8%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship0.8%
43 residents aged 16 and over
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)76.5%
3,956 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive21.6%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations38.8%
2,008 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
1,297 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.9%
356 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.1%
213 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.2%
164 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.3%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health59.2%
3,440 residents
Good health30.2%
1,754 residents
Fair health7.8%
453 residents
Bad health2.1%
120 residents
Very bad health0.8%
48 residents
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.1%
5,241 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.9%
574 residents
Tower Hill & Wapping South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.2%
1,826 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26%
753 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
245 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
63 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Tower Hill & Wapping 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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