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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000957

Tooting East

Tooting East is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,861 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
10,861

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,421

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,606

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

52.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.6%

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.

Streatham Central, Lambeth9,499 residents · 47.7% owned · 50.8% no carFulham Aintree, Hammersmith and Fulham6,195 residents · 36.4% owned · 52.1% no carStreatham Hill, Lambeth9,378 residents · 39.8% owned · 51.6% no carPeckham Rye, Southwark9,353 residents · 38.7% owned · 54.1% no carQueens Park, Brent9,954 residents · 42.9% owned · 50.0% no carWalthamstow Central, Waltham Forest11,429 residents · 45.5% owned · 53.0% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tooting West, Wandsworth7,420 residents · 30.9% owned · 56.8% no carTooting Bec West, Wandsworth6,431 residents · 44.4% owned · 51.1% no carFurzedown East, Wandsworth7,866 residents · 41.3% owned · 45.8% no carTooting North, Wandsworth6,889 residents · 40.9% owned · 49.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tooting East

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

Tenure

Private rented43.6%
1,928 households
Owned39.6%
1,751 households
Social rented14.7%
650 households
Shared ownership2%
87 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.5%
1,702 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits25%
1,107 households
Terraced24.5%
1,085 households
Semi-detached6.5%
288 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%
114 households
Detached2.1%
92 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household52.7%
2,326 households
1 car or van in household40.2%
1,775 households
2 cars or vans in household6.3%
280 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
36 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.6%
1,663 households
3 bedrooms24.2%
1,069 households
1 bedroom22.3%
985 households
4 or more bedrooms15.9%
703 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.4%
2,317 households
One-person household28%
1,237 households
Other household types19.6%
868 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
1,448 households
1 person in household28%
1,237 households
3 people in household17.4%
770 households
4 people in household14.6%
644 households
5 people in household4.4%
195 households
6 people in household1.7%
73 households
7 people in household0.8%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,670 residents
15–2927.5%
2,983 residents
30–4429.5%
3,202 residents
45–6418.7%
2,035 residents
65 and over8.9%
968 residents
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White56%
6,086 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.8%
2,368 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.9%
1,189 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.1%
662 residents
Other ethnic group5.1%
556 residents
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57.6%
5,259 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.4%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
645 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.6%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.1%
6,401 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27%
2,463 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
2,317 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%
1,978 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
893 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
823 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.9%
811 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
771 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.9%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.3%
6,218 residents
Good health29.8%
3,238 residents
Fair health9.6%
1,041 residents
Bad health2.5%
270 residents
Very bad health0.9%
94 residents
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88%
9,555 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12%
1,306 residents
Tooting East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.2%
2,351 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.4%
1,301 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.3%
588 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
166 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Tooting 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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