Southwark Atlas of Health

SOUTHWARK NEIGHBOURHOODS

Southwark's population of nearly 250,000 people covers some 5,000 unit postcodes. A simple mapping of the 10 Mosaic groups (Group 11, "Rural Isolation" is aptly absent in Southwark) reveals patterns on a coarse scale with "Symbols of Success" postcodes in the south and pockets bordering the Thames bank in the north and Welfare Borderline dominating the northern half (Table). The map also shows Southwark to be very heterogeneous at the local scale with a mix of many different Types occurring within a small area (Table).

Key to Southwark Mosaic UK Groups [TOP]

Groups	Name	Household Frequency	Household Percent (%)	Description
A	Symbols of Success	4303	3.77	People with rewarding careers who live in sought after locations, affording luxuries and premium quality products
B	Happy Families	4998	4.38	Families with focus on career and home, mostly younger age groups now raising children.
C	Suburban Comfort	548	0.48	Families who are successfully established in comfortable, mature homes. Children are growing up and finances are easier.
D	Ties of Community	9051	7.93	People living in close-knit inner city and manufacturing town communities, responsible workers with unsophisticated tastes.
E	Urban Intelligence	39196	34.35	Young, single and mostly well-educated, these people are cosmopolitan in tastes and liberal in attitudes
F	Welfare Borderline	51681	45.29	People who are struggling to achieve rewards and are mostly reliant on the council for accommodation and benefits
G	Municipal Dependency	164	0.14	Families on lower incomes who often live in large council estates where there is little owner-occupation
H	Blue Collar Enterprise	974	0.85	People who though not well-educated are practical and enterprising and may well have exercised their right to buy.
I	Twilight Subsistence	2226	1.95	Elderly people subsisting on meagre incomes in council accommodation.
J	Grey Perspectives	960	0.84	Independent pensioners living in their own homes who are relatively active in their lifestyles
	Total	114101	100

Key to Southwark Mosaic UK Types [TOP]

Types	Name	Household Frequency	Household Percent (%)	Description
1	Global Connections	1016	0.89	Very affluent, cosmopolitan sophisticates found in extremely expensive housing.
2	Cultural Leadership	2691	2.36	Well-to-do professionals, living in traditional family units in exclusive suburbs
3	Corporate Chieftains	547	0.48	Top business people return late at night to their big houses in extensive grounds
4	Golden Empty Nesters	11	0.01	Families in later lifestages, many retired following successful careers, in select neighbourhoods
5	Provincial Privilege	28	0.02	Well-educated older professionals living in established suburbs
7	Semi-Rural Seclusion	10	0.01	Higher income families living on the outskirts of commutable metropolitan areas
8	Just Moving In	4998	4.38	The occupants of very recently built housing
18	Sprawling Subtopia	36	0.03	Middle aged, middle income owner occupiers in repetitive, semi-detached housing
19	Original Suburbs	512	0.45	Upper white collar owners in established suburban housing
21	Respectable Rows	98	0.09	Younger service workers enjoying a reasonably prosperous lifestyle in relatively small terraces
26	South Asian Industry	26	0.02	Larger families, many of South Asian origin, in high-density terraces
27	Settled Minorities	8927	7.82	Young families and singles of varied ethnic decent, in high density, pleasant urban terraces.
28	Counter Cultural Mix	18222	15.97	Young, mobile population in a mix of jobs either in the service economy or in professional employment, in run-down urban areas.
29	City Adventurers	9837	8.62	High-salaried, twenty-something singles in smart flats in inner urban areas.
30	New Urban Colonists	9284	8.14	Younger, high-achieving professionals, enjoying a cosmopolitan lifestyles in a gentrified urban environment
31	Caring Professionals	409	0.36	Well qualified singles and couples in caring professions renting lower quality inner terraces
32	Dinky Developments	270	0.24	Singles and childless couples in cul de sacs of small, often brownfield-site, newly built town houses
33	Town Gown Transition	682	0.60	Students and academics mix with young professionals in terraces relatively close to universities
34	University Challenge	492	0.43	Undergraduate students living in halls of residence or close to universities
35	Bedsit Beneficiaries	69	0.06	Childless couples and singles renting in city centres from private or public landlords
36	Metro Multiculture	48891	42.85	Tenants of public housing in inner city areas, with a high proportion belonging to minority communities
37	Upper Floor Families	210	0.18	Low income young families with children in small, hard to let blocks of public sector purpose built flats
38	Tower Block Living	267	0.23	Young people in public sector high rise tower blocks with high levels of deprivation
39	Dignified Dependency	2143	1.88	Settled older couples and pensioners with low income renting small flats and maisonettes
40	Sharing a Staircase	101	0.09	Young children in mid-rise, walk-up council flats with poor social and housing conditions.
41	Families on Benefits	19	0.02	Disadvantaged families with children on very low incomes, typically living in low rise council estates
42	Low Horizons	92	0.08	Tenants reliant on city councils for housing and transport, where few neighbours have bought their homes
43	Ex-industrial Legacy	53	0.05	Settled but poor older people in low-rise social housing, often found in declining industrial areas
46	White Van Culture	974	0.85	Younger owners, many in good quality ex-council properties, take advantage of local economic opportunities
48	Old People in Flats	300	0.26	Single pensioners in small, publicly rented flats, many of which were built for this age group.
49	Low Income Elderly	1240	1.09	Elderly people living in low rise council housing, often on low incomes.
50	Cared for Pensioners	686	0.60	Old people in specially constructed accommodation mostly managed by local authorities, many with a resident warden.
51	Sepia Memories	116	0.10	Very elderly people of independent means who have moved to modest apartments suitable for their needs
52	Childfree Serenity	844	0.74	Well-educated couples and wealthy older people in smart private flats or older town houses
	Total	114101	100

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