St Katharine’s and Wapping Ward Profile Corporate Research Unit May 2014 Page 1 Contents Population ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ethnicity .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Religion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Housing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Health - Limiting illness or disability ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Unpaid care provision ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Labour market participation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Socio economic groups .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Qualification levels ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Introduction The ward profiles have been produced for all 20 wards in Tower Hamlets. They provide the social, economic and demographic characteristics of each ward in the borough developing a broad picture of the area and help describing local differences. In May 2014, the number of wards increased from 17 to 20. The changes were made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, in order to ensure that every councillor in Tower Hamlets represented roughly the same number of residents. The changes mean that no ward will have a population variance of greater than 10 per cent. As a result of the changes, the average population per councillor will be 4,029 in 2014, rising to 4,417 by 2018, according to projected population growth. Data from the 2011 Census has been used throughout this ward profile as this still provides the single best source of statistics which are available at geography small enough to be aggregated up in to the new wards. While more recent estimates of the resident population are available for the borough and old ward boundaries, these cannot be used to infer the current population according to the new ward boundaries. Page 2 Population Age Structure Figure 1: Proportion of population by age Table 1: Number and proportion of residents by age range St Katharines and Wapping LBTH 100+ Residents by Age 0-15 16-64 65+ Total St Katharine’s & 90 Wapping 1,153 8,809 619 10,581 80 St Katharine’s & Wapping % 10.9% 83.3% 5.9% 100% 70 Tower Hamlets % 19.7% 74.1% 6.1% 100% 60 (Source: Census 2011 QS103EW - Age by single year) 50 40 At the time of the 2011 Census, the population for St Katharine’s and 30 Wapping ward was 10,581 which accounted for 4.2 per cent of the total population of Tower Hamlets. 20 10 The ward had 5,827 males and 4,754 females providing a gender split in the ward of 55.1 per cent male and 44.9 per cent female. The ward 0 had the lowest proportion of females and the highest proportion of 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% males in the borough. (Source: Census 2011 QS103EW - Age by single year) The population density in this ward was 105 people per hectare, lower 83.3 per cent of residents in the St Katharine’s and Wapping ward than the borough average of 129 people per hectare. are of working age, the ward had the highest proportion of this age group compared to the rest of the borough. Correspondingly, the ward had the lowest proportion of its residents in the 0-15 year old age category. Page 3 Ethnicity Figure 2: Ethnicity 100% 10% 11% 8% All Other At the time of the 2011 Census, 3,116 residents in the ward were BME 2% 19% 80% 13% 7% 5% (29 per cent). The ward had the lowest proportion of BME residents in 13% Black the borough, with the borough average being 54 per cent. 32% 60% 21% 5% Bangladeshi Residents of Bangladeshi origin accounted for 13 per cent of the 13% population (1,340 residents), a significantly lower proportion compared 40% 81% Mixed 12% to the borough average of 32 per cent. 50% 47% White other 20% 33% There were 5,270 White British residents in the St Katharine’s and White Wapping ward. The proportion of residents who are White British in the 0% British ward is 50 per cent, significantly higher than the borough average (33 St Katharines LBTH London England per cent) and higher than the London average (47 per cent). and Wapping The three largest ethnic groups in the borough (White British, (Source: Census 2011 QS201EW - Ethnic group) Bangladeshi and White Other) accounted for 83 per cent of all residents in this ward. Religion Figure 3: Religion Religion not stated 100% 8.5% 7.2% The St Katharine’s and Wapping ward had the highest proportion of 15.7% 15.4% No religion 80% 20.7% 24.7% Christian residents (40.3 per cent) and the highest proportion of 19.1% 26.3% Other religion residents who explicitly stated that they had no religion (26.3 per cent). 60% 12.4% 5.0% Sikh In addition, at 13.9 per cent of the population, the ward had the lowest 13.9% 34.5% 5.0% 40% Muslim proportion of Muslim residents in the borough. 59.4% Tower Hamlets had a significantly higher proportion of residents who did 20% 40.3% 48.4% Jewish 27.1% not state their religion on the census form when compared to London 0% Hindu and the rest of England. There were 1.658 residents in the ward who St Katharines LBTH London England Buddhist did not state their religion on the census form – accounting for 15.7 per and Wapping Christian cent of the ward’s population, slightly higher than the borough average. (Source: Census 2011 QS208EW – Religion) Page 4 Housing Tenure1 Tower Hamlets as a whole had a significantly lower proportion of households who were owner-occupier compared to the London Figure 4: Tenure of households average (26.6 per cent compared to 49.5 per cent). The proportion of 100% socially rented households in the borough was almost double that of 25.1% 16.8% the London average. There was also a higher proportion of privately 80% 39.8% 32.6% 17.7% rented households compared to the London average. 60% 24.1% Living Rent Free There were 5,343 households in the ward. Compared to the other 13.6% 39.6% 40% Private Rented wards, this ward had a lower than average proportion of households – 64.1% Social Rented accounting for nearly 5.2 per cent of the whole. 20% 45.1% 49.5% 26.6% Owner Occupier At 45.1 per cent of households, this ward had the highest proportion of 0% owner-occupied households compared to the other 20 wards in the St Katharines LBTH London England borough, with 23.5 per cent being the average. and Wapping The ward had the lowest proportion of households who socially rent (Source: Census 2011 QS405EW - Tenure – Households) (13.6 per cent). The proportion of private renters was higher than the borough average. Overall the proportion of renters (53.4 per cent) was Household size significantly lower than the borough average (75.2 per cent). Figure 5: Tenure of households 100% The proportion of households in this ward with three or more people 6.2%2.2% 6.0% 4.7% 8+ people 5.5% 13.0% accounted for almost 22 per cent of the total households in the ward. 80% 11.5% 10.0% 13.5% 7 people 13.1% 16.1% 15.6% This proportion was lower than the borough average of 35 per cent. 60% 35.2% 6 people This ward had the highest proportion of one person households. 30.1% 29.0% 34.2% 40% 5 people On Census day, 219 households were recorded as having five or more people living in them. This equates to 4.1 per cent of the households 20% 42.9% 4 people 34.6% 31.6% 30.2% in the ward and was the lowest proportion out of all 20 wards in the 3 people 0% borough (borough average 12.3 per cent). St Katharines and Tower Hamlets London England 2 people The average household size in this ward was 1.98 compared to the Wapping 1 person borough average of 2.51. (Source: Census 2011 QS405EW - Tenure – Households) 1 Tenure provides information about whether a household rents or owns the accommodation that it occupies and, if rented, combines this with information about the type of landlord who owns or manages the accommodation. Page 5 Page 6 Household composition Figure 6: Household composition - percentage of households by type Figure 7: Household composition: percentage of residents that live in each household type Other households without 5.1% Other households without 2.4% 3.0% dependant children dependant