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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006941

Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk

Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,312 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark
5,312

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,985

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,233.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

31.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

67.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

81.6%

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.

Tower Hill & Wapping South, Tower Hamlets5,815 residents · 38.9% owned · 57.7% no carPiccadilly & Ancoats, Manchester10,129 residents · 20.9% owned · 64.2% no carWoolwich Arsenal, Greenwich6,319 residents · 25.2% owned · 64.6% no carShoreditch, Hackney5,949 residents · 16.2% owned · 81.1% no carCity Centre North & Collyhurst, Manchester7,882 residents · 17.4% owned · 66.1% no carPier Head, Liverpool6,673 residents · 20.8% owned · 56.7% no car

Most similar within Southwark

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bermondsey North, Southwark6,746 residents · 25.5% owned · 74.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk

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

Tenure

Private rented60.8%
1,815 households
Owned31.6%
942 households
Social rented6.9%
205 households
Shared ownership0.7%
22 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement68%
2,030 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse26.1%
779 households
Terraced1.9%
56 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
37 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
27 households
Semi-detached0.5%
16 households
Detached0.4%
13 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household67.1%
2,001 households
1 car or van in household28.2%
840 households
2 cars or vans in household3.9%
115 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
28 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49.3%
1,473 households
1 bedroom38.4%
1,147 households
3 bedrooms10.4%
309 households
4 or more bedrooms1.9%
56 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.7%
1,334 households
One-person household42.9%
1,282 households
Other household types12.4%
370 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45%
1,345 households
1 person in household42.9%
1,282 households
3 people in household8.1%
242 households
4 people in household3.2%
96 households
5 people in household0.5%
16 households
6 people in household0.1%
3 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 155.4%
287 residents
15–2932.3%
1,717 residents
30–4436.1%
1,920 residents
45–6420.6%
1,093 residents
65 and over5.6%
297 residents
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.8%
3,868 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.3%
760 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.2%
330 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.6%
190 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
166 residents
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above81.6%
4,097 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications8.2%
409 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications3.4%
171 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications3.1%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.5%
77 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.4%
72 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship0.7%
36 residents aged 16 and over
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)80.7%
4,050 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive16.8%
845 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations48.4%
2,429 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.9%
446 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
326 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.1%
258 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.7%
136 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations2.4%
120 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations1.7%
87 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.5%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health64.1%
3,404 residents
Good health29.1%
1,546 residents
Fair health5.6%
298 residents
Bad health0.9%
49 residents
Very bad health0.3%
15 residents
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act92.3%
4,902 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act7.7%
410 residents
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension69.1%
2,064 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.5%
762 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions4.4%
132 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
26 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk · 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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