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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000952

Tooting Bec East

Tooting Bec East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,145 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
6,145

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,658

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,006.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

50.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

67.5%

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.

Peckham Rye Common, Southwark9,388 residents · 45.5% owned · 45.1% no carBrixton Hill East, Lambeth8,402 residents · 41.2% owned · 58.3% no carParsons Green West, Hammersmith and Fulham9,229 residents · 34.8% owned · 53.5% no carClapham Old Town, Lambeth7,538 residents · 37.0% owned · 57.6% no carBrackenbury, Hammersmith and Fulham5,508 residents · 41.6% owned · 50.2% no carTufnell Park East, Islington7,387 residents · 45.7% owned · 52.8% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tooting Bec West, Wandsworth6,431 residents · 44.4% owned · 51.1% no carTooting Bec Common, Wandsworth10,027 residents · 47.4% owned · 47.7% no carClapham Junction & East Hill, Wandsworth8,916 residents · 37.6% owned · 53.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tooting Bec East

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

Tenure

Owned41.6%
1,105 households
Private rented36.8%
979 households
Social rented21.2%
564 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits41%
1,090 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.2%
695 households
Terraced24%
637 households
Semi-detached5.9%
158 households
Detached1.1%
28 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household50.5%
1,340 households
1 car or van in household38.6%
1,024 households
2 cars or vans in household9.5%
251 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.5%
40 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms30.1%
799 households
1 bedroom28.4%
753 households
4 or more bedrooms25%
663 households
3 bedrooms16.6%
441 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.1%
1,304 households
One-person household33.2%
882 households
Other household types17.7%
471 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.2%
882 households
2 people in household32.7%
870 households
3 people in household15.4%
410 households
4 people in household11.2%
298 households
5 people in household5%
133 households
6 people in household1.7%
44 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.9%
852 residents
15–2929.7%
1,825 residents
30–4423.8%
1,463 residents
45–6422.9%
1,410 residents
65 and over9.7%
599 residents
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.4%
4,452 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.2%
565 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.2%
563 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.4%
396 residents
Other ethnic group2.8%
169 residents
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above67.5%
3,540 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.4%
493 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.1%
478 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.1%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.8%
252 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.3%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.5%
3,906 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive24.2%
1,266 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations31.4%
1,644 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.7%
1,400 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
356 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.3%
277 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
273 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.1%
270 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.2%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60%
3,689 residents
Good health28.2%
1,732 residents
Fair health8.5%
521 residents
Bad health2.6%
161 residents
Very bad health0.7%
42 residents
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.2%
5,422 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.8%
725 residents
Tooting Bec East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.8%
1,482 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
761 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.4%
303 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Tooting Bec East · 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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