MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health 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 Dignified Dependency . Metro Multiculture (43% of Southwark households) and Counter Cultural Mix (16%) also have high risk indices.
The following table shows the mental health 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 Mental Health |
Description |
IMD |
Dignified Dependency |
2143 | 1.88 | 412 | Settled older couples and pensioners with low income renting small flats and maisonettes | 0.950 |
Tower Block Living |
267 | 0.23 | 402 | Young people in public sector high rise tower blocks with high levels of deprivation | 0.983 |
Bedsit Beneficiaries |
69 | 0.06 | 395 | Childless couples and singles renting in city centres from private or public landlords | 0.850 |
Upper Floor Families |
210 | 0.18 | 312 | 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 | 282 | Young children in mid-rise, walk-up council flats with poor social and housing conditions. | 1.000 |
| Old People in Flats |
300 | 0.26 | 246 | Single pensioners in small, publicly rented flats, many of which were built for this age group. | 0.817 |
| Cared for Pensioners |
686 | 0.6 | 187 | Old people in specially constructed accommodation mostly managed by local authorities, many with a resident warden. | 0.717 |
Families on Benefits |
19 | 0.02 | 178 | Disadvantaged families with children on very low incomes, typically living in low rise council estates | 0.917 |
| Ex-industrial Legacy |
53 | 0.05 | 176 | Settled but poor older people in low-rise social housing, often found in declining industrial areas | 0.867 |
| Low Horizons |
92 | 0.08 | 166 | Tenants reliant on city councils for housing and transport, where few neighbours have bought their homes | 0.967 |
Metro Multiculture |
48891 | 42.85 | 161 | Tenants of public housing in inner city areas, with a high proportion belonging to minority communities | 0.883 |
Counter Cultural Mix |
18222 | 15.97 | 159 | 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 | 153 | Students and academics mix with young professionals in terraces relatively close to universities | 0.683 |
Low Income Elderly |
1240 | 1.09 | 151 | Elderly people living in low rise council housing, often on low incomes. | 0.667 |
Caring Professionals |
409 | 0.36 | 134 | Well qualified singles and couples in caring professions renting lower quality inner terraces | 0.550 |
Sepia Memories |
116 | 0.1 | 127 | Very elderly people of independent means who have moved to modest apartments suitable for their needs | 0.400 |
Childfree Serenity |
844 | 0.74 | 125 | Well-educated couples and wealthy older people in smart private flats or older town houses | 0.300 |
