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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000951

Tooting Bec West

Tooting Bec West is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,431 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
6,431

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,823

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

13,063.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

51.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.7%

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 Old Town, Lambeth7,538 residents · 37.0% owned · 57.6% no carFulham Aintree, Hammersmith and Fulham6,195 residents · 36.4% owned · 52.1% no carParsons Green West, Hammersmith and Fulham9,229 residents · 34.8% owned · 53.5% no carBrixton Hill East, Lambeth8,402 residents · 41.2% owned · 58.3% no carHighbury Fields, Islington8,556 residents · 36.6% owned · 60.4% no carStreatham Central, Lambeth9,499 residents · 47.7% owned · 50.8% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tooting Bec East, Wandsworth6,145 residents · 41.6% owned · 50.5% no carClapham Junction & East Hill, Wandsworth8,916 residents · 37.6% owned · 53.2% no carBalham, Wandsworth8,721 residents · 46.5% owned · 50.1% no carTooting East, Wandsworth10,861 residents · 39.6% owned · 52.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tooting Bec West

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

Tenure

Owned44.4%
1,253 households
Private rented40.7%
1,150 households
Social rented14.3%
403 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement35%
990 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits30.9%
873 households
Terraced18.6%
525 households
Semi-detached9.9%
281 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.3%
64 households
Detached2.1%
59 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household51.1%
1,442 households
1 car or van in household39%
1,101 households
2 cars or vans in household8.6%
243 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.3%
36 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.7%
924 households
1 bedroom28.5%
804 households
4 or more bedrooms23.3%
657 households
3 bedrooms15.5%
437 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.4%
1,395 households
One-person household32.1%
907 households
Other household types18.5%
523 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36%
1,017 households
1 person in household32.1%
907 households
3 people in household14.6%
411 households
4 people in household11.6%
327 households
5 people in household4%
113 households
6 people in household1.1%
30 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.5%
803 residents
15–2930.5%
1,958 residents
30–4425.8%
1,660 residents
45–6421.1%
1,358 residents
65 and over10.1%
648 residents
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.7%
4,610 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.7%
749 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.3%
531 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.3%
343 residents
Other ethnic group3%
196 residents
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.7%
3,725 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8%
449 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.3%
354 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.4%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.7%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.6%
4,162 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive23.8%
1,330 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.3%
1,638 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.7%
1,547 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.4%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
459 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
415 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
311 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.5%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.4%
247 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.3%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.2%
3,869 residents
Good health27.6%
1,775 residents
Fair health8.9%
573 residents
Bad health2.7%
174 residents
Very bad health0.6%
40 residents
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
5,592 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
840 residents
Tooting Bec West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%
1,608 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.3%
799 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
319 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
83 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
13 households
Tooting Bec West · 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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