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St George's ward, London Borough of Southwark

St George's is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,456 residents in 3,647 households — 14,732 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

Residents, 20218,456council ward average 13,376
Households3,6472.32 residents per household
Density14,732/ km²about 0.57 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+6.2%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 331
5–94.1% · 350
10–154.8% · 405
16–196.1% · 520
20–2415.2% · 1,285
25–3425.7% · 2,172
35–4919.2% · 1,627
50–6414.7% · 1,240
65–743.7% · 312
75–842.0% · 166
85+0.6% · 48

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van74.4% · 2,712
1 car or van22.4% · 817
2 cars or vans2.6% · 96
3 or more0.6% · 21
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright8.9% · 326
With mortgage13.4% · 488
Shared ownership5.8% · 212
Social rented40.5% · 1,478
Private rented31.2% · 1,138
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house0.8% · 30
Semi-detached house2.2% · 79
Terraced house8.5% · 310
Purpose-built flat79.3% · 2,893
Converted house6.4% · 235
Other conversion1.8% · 64
Above shop / office1.0% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.