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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000926

St Mary's & Cotton Row

St Mary's & Cotton Row is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,640 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
11,640

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,551

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

18,464.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

54.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

67.0%

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.

Surrey Quays, Southwark10,291 residents · 32.5% owned · 56.7% no carRotherhithe, Southwark8,227 residents · 36.3% owned · 54.0% no carSands End & Chelsea Harbour, Hammersmith and Fulham9,281 residents · 32.1% owned · 54.4% no carGreenwich Peninsula East, Greenwich8,401 residents · 28.4% owned · 63.6% no carColliers Wood, Merton9,854 residents · 42.5% owned · 48.2% no carGreenwich East, Greenwich9,846 residents · 43.9% owned · 50.4% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wandsworth South, Wandsworth9,324 residents · 35.6% owned · 55.0% no carEast Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no carPutney Town & Wandsworth Park, Wandsworth12,843 residents · 42.9% owned · 50.1% no carBattersea Park, Wandsworth7,526 residents · 45.0% owned · 50.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Mary's & Cotton Row

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

Tenure

Private rented41.1%
2,283 households
Owned36.1%
2,004 households
Social rented17.4%
967 households
Shared ownership5.3%
296 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement79.2%
4,395 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.9%
330 households
Terraced5.7%
318 households
Semi-detached4.3%
239 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.2%
120 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
78 households
Detached0.8%
42 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
26 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household54.1%
3,002 households
1 car or van in household39.4%
2,187 households
2 cars or vans in household5.8%
321 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
42 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.1%
2,447 households
1 bedroom28.9%
1,606 households
3 bedrooms19.1%
1,062 households
4 or more bedrooms7.9%
437 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.8%
2,711 households
One-person household36.2%
2,013 households
Other household types14.9%
830 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.2%
2,065 households
1 person in household36.3%
2,013 households
3 people in household14.6%
809 households
4 people in household7.6%
420 households
5 people in household3.2%
178 households
6 people in household0.8%
45 households
7 people in household0.3%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,505 residents
15–2927.4%
3,185 residents
30–4432.2%
3,745 residents
45–6419.1%
2,226 residents
65 and over8.4%
978 residents
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68%
7,919 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.5%
1,222 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.4%
1,098 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.7%
781 residents
Other ethnic group5.3%
621 residents
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above67%
6,738 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.9%
1,094 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8%
808 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.9%
592 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.1%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
253 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
162 residents aged 16 and over
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)76.4%
7,686 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive21.8%
2,190 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
183 residents aged 16 and over
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations30.1%
3,025 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27%
2,717 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
585 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.9%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
309 residents aged 16 and over
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health62.7%
7,294 residents
Good health28.2%
3,283 residents
Fair health6.6%
769 residents
Bad health1.9%
224 residents
Very bad health0.6%
69 residents
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.8%
10,447 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.2%
1,192 residents
St Mary's & Cotton Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.8%
3,486 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.7%
1,483 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
471 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
103 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
St Mary's & Cotton Row · 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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