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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000942

Southfields North

Southfields North is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,686 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
9,686

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,815

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,576.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

69.1%

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.

Wimbledon Broadway North, Merton7,355 residents · 53.0% owned · 38.0% no carWimbledon Park & Durnsford Road, Merton9,054 residents · 58.9% owned · 32.1% no carBedford Park, Ealing6,950 residents · 61.2% owned · 34.6% no carWimbledon Chase, Merton8,214 residents · 63.7% owned · 30.8% no carWimbledon Broadway South, Merton8,728 residents · 53.0% owned · 42.2% no carNorthfields, Ealing8,167 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.8% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Putney Embankment & Lower Common, Wandsworth8,356 residents · 55.8% owned · 37.1% no carEarlsfield North, Wandsworth10,174 residents · 54.0% owned · 36.1% no carWandsworth Common, Wandsworth8,161 residents · 54.1% owned · 36.6% no carSpringfield, Wandsworth10,003 residents · 55.2% owned · 40.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southfields North

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

Tenure

Owned59.9%
2,287 households
Private rented33.3%
1,270 households
Social rented6%
230 households
Shared ownership0.7%
26 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33.3%
1,272 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.1%
805 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits19.7%
752 households
Semi-detached17.8%
678 households
Detached4.6%
177 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.9%
74 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
58 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household50.6%
1,934 households
No cars or vans in household32.7%
1,249 households
2 cars or vans in household14.1%
537 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.6%
99 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.3%
1,537 households
2 bedrooms26%
991 households
3 bedrooms20.3%
773 households
1 bedroom13.5%
515 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.3%
2,381 households
One-person household23.5%
899 households
Other household types14.1%
539 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,284 households
1 person in household23.6%
899 households
3 people in household18.4%
701 households
4 people in household17.3%
662 households
5 people in household5.3%
201 households
6 people in household1.1%
41 households
7 people in household0.5%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,710 residents
15–2920.6%
1,996 residents
30–4425.5%
2,471 residents
45–6424.3%
2,354 residents
65 and over11.9%
1,157 residents
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White76.7%
7,429 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.2%
1,083 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.8%
559 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
337 residents
Other ethnic group2.9%
280 residents
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above69.1%
5,446 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10%
789 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
562 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.3%
498 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.8%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.8%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.7%
5,730 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.1%
2,060 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations32.9%
2,594 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations28%
2,210 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
755 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.3%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.5%
277 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.1%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health64.4%
6,239 residents
Good health26.7%
2,587 residents
Fair health6.5%
628 residents
Bad health1.9%
182 residents
Very bad health0.5%
51 residents
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.4%
8,756 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.6%
930 residents
Southfields North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.8%
2,472 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.8%
1,021 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.1%
270 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Southfields 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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