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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006942

Bermondsey North

Bermondsey North is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,746 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark
6,746

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,364

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17,104.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

74.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

65.9%

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.

London Fields & Mare Street, Hackney10,418 residents · 24.6% owned · 67.7% no carDalston Kingsland, Hackney5,941 residents · 26.4% owned · 75.4% no carBow South, Tower Hamlets11,328 residents · 27.1% owned · 64.7% no carVauxhall South, Lambeth12,520 residents · 24.5% owned · 72.8% no carSt George in the East & Wapping North, Tower Hamlets8,965 residents · 25.6% owned · 68.9% no carHoxton South & East, Hackney7,332 residents · 17.2% owned · 78.6% no car

Most similar within Southwark

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Canada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carBorough & Southwark Street, Southwark10,168 residents · 21.3% owned · 75.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bermondsey North

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

Tenure

Private rented41.6%
1,401 households
Social rented30.7%
1,033 households
Owned25.5%
858 households
Shared ownership2%
67 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement83.2%
2,798 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse9.1%
306 households
Terraced2.5%
85 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
70 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
54 households
Semi-detached1.3%
43 households
Detached0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household74.1%
2,490 households
1 car or van in household23%
773 households
2 cars or vans in household2.6%
88 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.2%
8 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms50.7%
1,703 households
1 bedroom32%
1,076 households
3 bedrooms14%
469 households
4 or more bedrooms3.4%
114 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household46.6%
1,569 households
One-person household36.9%
1,242 households
Other household types16.4%
553 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.8%
1,341 households
1 person in household36.9%
1,243 households
3 people in household14.1%
475 households
4 people in household6%
203 households
5 people in household1.9%
64 households
6 people in household0.7%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.4%
838 residents
15–2931.6%
2,130 residents
30–4431.5%
2,128 residents
45–6418.9%
1,273 residents
65 and over5.6%
380 residents
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White58.3%
3,930 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African17%
1,144 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.1%
747 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.6%
511 residents
Other ethnic group6.1%
412 residents
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above65.9%
3,862 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.2%
596 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.9%
581 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.5%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.8%
281 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.8%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.7%
4,376 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive22.2%
1,304 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.1%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations34.9%
2,044 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,218 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.6%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.2%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
175 residents aged 16 and over
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health59.7%
4,030 residents
Good health28.8%
1,941 residents
Fair health8.1%
546 residents
Bad health2.5%
170 residents
Very bad health0.9%
59 residents
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.7%
5,986 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.3%
760 residents
Bermondsey North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.5%
1,969 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.3%
920 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.2%
343 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
122 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Bermondsey North · 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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