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Electoral wardE05011116

South Bermondsey ward, London Borough of Southwark

South Bermondsey is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,945 residents in 6,902 households — 13,278 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

Residents, 202115,945council ward average 13,376
Households6,9022.31 residents per household
Density13,278/ km²about 1.20 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+7.9%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 849
5–95.1% · 820
10–156.4% · 1,021
16–194.0% · 635
20–2410.0% · 1,596
25–3423.2% · 3,696
35–4921.5% · 3,436
50–6416.6% · 2,642
65–744.5% · 714
75–842.4% · 376
85+1.0% · 162

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van64.2% · 4,432
1 car or van30.0% · 2,068
2 cars or vans5.0% · 342
3 or more0.8% · 57
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Southwark overall: 28.9% owned, 39.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented.

Owned outright7.2% · 500
With mortgage13.2% · 908
Shared ownership2.1% · 148
Social rented47.7% · 3,295
Private rented29.5% · 2,033
Lives rent free0.3% · 18

Type of home

Detached house1.4% · 95
Semi-detached house4.2% · 290
Terraced house15.1% · 1,043
Purpose-built flat73.7% · 5,087
Converted house3.0% · 204
Other conversion1.7% · 118
Above shop / office0.9% · 65
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011116
Region
London
Density rank in council
9 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBorough & Bankside8.1% aged 65+ · 22.0% owned9,013CChaucer5.9% aged 65+ · 19.3% owned14,732LLondon Bridge & West Bermondsey6.4% aged 65+ · 23.1% owned15,097NNorth Bermondsey8.5% aged 65+ · 24.4% owned15,282RRotherhithe7.7% aged 65+ · 22.8% owned15,626SSt George's6.2% aged 65+ · 22.3% owned8,456SSurrey Docks7.1% aged 65+ · 35.3% owned13,008

All 23 wards of London Borough of Southwark

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.