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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000948

Tooting Bec Common

Tooting Bec Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,027 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
10,027

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,381

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,554.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

72.1%

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.

Clapham Park West, Lambeth9,293 residents · 46.3% owned · 44.5% no carClapham South, Lambeth7,714 residents · 50.5% owned · 42.6% no carMunster, Hammersmith and Fulham5,975 residents · 46.6% owned · 45.8% no carClapham North, Lambeth9,117 residents · 32.6% owned · 59.6% no carPeckham Rye Common, Southwark9,388 residents · 45.5% owned · 45.1% no carBrixton Hill East, Lambeth8,402 residents · 41.2% owned · 58.3% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Clapham Junction & East Hill, Wandsworth8,916 residents · 37.6% owned · 53.2% no carBalham, Wandsworth8,721 residents · 46.5% owned · 50.1% no carTooting Bec East, Wandsworth6,145 residents · 41.6% owned · 50.5% no carTooting Bec West, Wandsworth6,431 residents · 44.4% owned · 51.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tooting Bec Common

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

Tenure

Owned47.4%
2,075 households
Private rented39.9%
1,747 households
Social rented11.9%
520 households
Shared ownership0.8%
33 households
Lives rent free0.1%
6 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement34.9%
1,529 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits34.4%
1,505 households
Terraced21.4%
939 households
Semi-detached6.9%
302 households
Detached1.1%
47 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.7%
2,091 households
1 car or van in household44.5%
1,952 households
2 cars or vans in household6.7%
293 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1%
46 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39%
1,710 households
1 bedroom23%
1,009 households
4 or more bedrooms19.9%
870 households
3 bedrooms18.1%
793 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.1%
2,152 households
One-person household30.2%
1,324 households
Other household types20.7%
906 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.6%
1,606 households
1 person in household30.2%
1,324 households
3 people in household16.6%
727 households
4 people in household11.7%
513 households
5 people in household3.3%
144 households
6 people in household1.1%
49 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.6%
1,262 residents
15–2932.1%
3,220 residents
30–4429.2%
2,929 residents
45–6417.3%
1,737 residents
65 and over8.8%
880 residents
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.9%
7,310 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.6%
1,063 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
779 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
606 residents
Other ethnic group2.7%
269 residents
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above72.1%
6,277 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.3%
811 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.2%
628 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.1%
442 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.4%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.2%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)79.5%
6,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive19.4%
1,686 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations35.7%
3,109 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.7%
2,499 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
671 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
629 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
438 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.7%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.2%
369 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health62.8%
6,300 residents
Good health27.1%
2,719 residents
Fair health7.5%
750 residents
Bad health2.1%
213 residents
Very bad health0.4%
45 residents
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.6%
8,984 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.4%
1,043 residents
Tooting Bec Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.7%
2,790 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.3%
1,152 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
353 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
82 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Tooting Bec Common · 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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