Population Profiles

The Southwark Alliance has supported the creation of an analytical hub to provide an evidence based approach to improving services in the borough.

The 'hub' has collected data and produced the following reports;

1. Community Council Profiles

Executive Summaries

Executive summaries are available for each Community Council area. These are:

Bermondsey, Borough and Bankside, Camberwell, Dulwich, Nunhead and Peckham Rye, Peckham, Rotherhithe and Walworth.

Detailed reports for each Community Council area also available upon request.

2. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2007

Available online is the IMD 2007 Southwark ID profile report. Individual reports will be available for each Community Council area.

Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2004

There is an information booklet that includes explanations surrounding the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2004 data.

There are IMD 2004 individual reports available for each Community Council area (as listed above) and Priority Neighbourhood.

Available online is the IMD 2004 Southwark-wide IMD report.

3. Southwark Data File.

The analytical hub has also produced a data file that look at Southwark's position in relation to comparable areas in London and National averages. There are also breakdowns by area within Southwark. This report is available upon request.

4. Southwark Vital Statistics

London Borough of Southwark is a dynamic place and it is important that the most up to date and reliable demographics are available. The Analytical Hub produces a summary page that reports on Southwark’s Vital Statistics. This report is regularly updated and reports on population estimates, education figures, mortality ratios, unemployment figures and other key data.

Southwark Vital Statistics 2006(pdf)

Southwark Vital Statistics 2007(pdf)

For general enquiries or comments regarding Southwark Vital Statistics please contact the Analytical Hub(analyticalhub@southwark.gov.uk).

For more detailed information on specific statistics please contact the following:

Population & Demographics – Analytical Hub (analyticalhub@southwark.gov.uk)

Housing – Robert Weallans(Robert.weallans@southwark.gov.uk)

Economic Activity / Worklessness – Tristan Salmon (Tristan.salmon@southwark.gov.uk)

Health – Analytical Hub (analyticalhub@southwark.gov.uk)

Education – James Brown (managementinformation@southwark.gov.uk)

Performance – James Sexton  (James.Sexton@southwark.gov.uk)

5. Ethnicity Reports

The Analytical Hub has produced a series of individual reports that cover the 16 different ethnic groups that people identified with on the 2001 census.

The full reports use Census 2001 data, the 2005 Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Health and Social Care data and Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) to provide information on each ethnic group in Southwark.

An executive summary of all the reports is available as well as each individual report;

White British; Black African; Black Caribbean; White Other; White Irish; Other Black; Chinese; Indian; Bangladeshi; Other Ethnic Group; White and Black Caribbean; Other Mixed; White and Black African; Other Asian; White and Asian; and Pakistani.

There are also three thematic reports available;

General Population; Education; and Health and Social Care.

More information about the data sources used in the ethnicity reports, including a glossary can be found in the annex (272kb).

6. Southwark’s Population: Now and the Future

The Analytical Hub has produced the report: Southwark Population: Now and the Future (207kb). This report looks at the current population of Southwark, how it has changed since 2001 and how it might change in the next 20 years.

All of the reports mentioned above are available now. If you would like copies please contact:

Analytical Hub

Email: analyticalhub@southwark.gov.uk