ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
Alcohol and drug admissions are typically associated with deprived areas with many families, young people or elderly. With the local composition of Mosaic Types we would expect to see many hospitalisations from residents in especially Dignified Dependency. Metro Multiculture (43% of Southwark households) and Counter Cultural Mix (16%) also have a high risk.
The following table shows the alcohol and drugs admission risk estimate by Mosaic UK types in Southwark. The values are calculated using the index described in the profiling section. For each postcode type is also reported the rank of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (1= most deprived; 0=least deprived). Shading indicates association with the 20% most deprived areas in UK. [TOP]
Mosaic UK Type |
Household freq |
Household % |
HES Alcohol and drug abuse |
Description |
IMD |
Tower Block Living |
267 | 0.23 | 500 | Young people in public sector high rise tower blocks with high levels of deprivation | 0.983 |
Dignified Dependency |
2143 | 1.88 | 479 | Settled older couples and pensioners with low income renting small flats and maisonettes | 0.950 |
Bedsit Beneficiaries |
69 | 0.06 | 409 | Childless couples and singles renting in city centres from private or public landlords | 0.850 |
Upper Floor Families |
210 | 0.18 | 372 | Low income young families with children in small, hard to let blocks of public sector purpose built flats | 0.900 |
Sharing a Staircase |
101 | 0.09 | 250 | Young children in mid-rise, walk-up council flats with poor social and housing conditions. | 1.000 |
Old People in Flats |
300 | 0.26 | 226 | Single pensioners in small, publicly rented flats, many of which were built for this age group. | 0.817 |
Low Horizons |
92 | 0.08 | 220 | Tenants reliant on city councils for housing and transport, where few neighbours have bought their homes | 0.967 |
Families on Benefits |
19 | 0.02 | 218 | Disadvantaged families with children on very low incomes, typically living in low rise council estates | 0.917 |
Ex-industrial Legacy |
53 | 0.05 | 200 | Settled but poor older people in low-rise social housing, often found in declining industrial areas | 0.867 |
Metro Multiculture |
48891 | 42.85 | 155 | Tenants of public housing in inner city areas, with a high proportion belonging to minority communities | 0.883 |
Counter Cultural Mix |
18222 | 15.97 | 151 | Young, mobile population in a mix of jobs either in the service economy or in professional employment, in run-down urban areas. | 0.800 |
Town Gown Transition |
682 | 0.6 | 145 | Students and academics mix with young professionals in terraces relatively close to universities | 0.683 |
Cared for Pensioners |
686 | 0.6 | 145 | Old people in specially constructed accommodation mostly managed by local authorities, many with a resident warden. | 0.717 |
Low Income Elderly |
1240 | 1.09 | 139 | Elderly people living in low rise council housing, often on low incomes. | 0.667 |
