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Surrey Docks ward, London Borough of Southwark

Surrey Docks is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,008 residents in 5,894 households — 10,319 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

Residents, 202113,008council ward average 13,376
Households5,8942.21 residents per household
Density10,319/ km²about 1.26 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+7.1%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 13.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 725
5–94.0% · 518
10–153.8% · 489
16–191.9% · 245
20–247.5% · 973
25–3431.1% · 4,039
35–4926.0% · 3,386
50–6413.1% · 1,710
65–744.7% · 616
75–841.8% · 235
85+0.6% · 72

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van54.2% · 3,192
1 car or van38.5% · 2,271
2 cars or vans6.1% · 357
3 or more1.2% · 73
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright13.4% · 789
With mortgage21.9% · 1,292
Shared ownership2.6% · 155
Social rented20.8% · 1,226
Private rented41.2% · 2,426
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house1.3% · 75
Semi-detached house7.0% · 415
Terraced house18.5% · 1,091
Purpose-built flat67.6% · 3,983
Converted house1.2% · 72
Other conversion2.9% · 169
Above shop / office0.3% · 17
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 72
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.