Editing London Borough of Southwark (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Southwark population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of the Borough of Southwark]]
{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages = 
| 1801 |114901
| 1811 |138644
| 1821 |172699
| 1831 |204734
| 1841 |146922
| 1851 |167045
| 1861 |283723
| 1871 |400401
| 1881 |517080
| 1891 |576786
| 1901 |578059
| 1911 |579338
| 1921 |556520
| 1931 |534615
| 1941 |425088
| 1951 |338003
| 1961 |297132
| 1971 |261203
| 1981 |209724
| 1991 |227060
| 2001 |244867
| 2011 |288283
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Southwark: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}

At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] Southwark had a population of 244,866. Southwark was ethnically 63.04% white, 5.9% Asian or Asian British, and 25.9% black or black British. By 2021 the population was 307,640, with 51.5% white, 9.9% Asian or Asian British, and 25.1% black or black British. 31% of householders were owner–occupiers.

The area is the home of many Nigerian (Peckham is largely regarded as the heart of London's Nigerian community), Jamaican, South African, South American, Polish, and French immigrants.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

===Ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="14" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1966 estimations<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/659921 |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=search.worldcat.org |page=42}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref name=":0">{{cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 – Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref name=":02">{{cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref name=":36">{{cite web |title=2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |access-date=15 December 2021 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic group – Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!96.3%
!–
!91.2%
!181,995
!82.9%
!170,847
!75.2%
!154,316
!63.04%
!156,349
!54.09%
!158,220
!51.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 127,752|| 52.2% || 114,534 || 39.7%
|109,253
|35.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|4%
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 7,674|| 3.1% || 6,222 || 2.1%
|6,024
|2.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 263 || 0.09%
|156
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,579
|0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 18,890 || 7.7% || 35,330 || 12.2%
|41,208
|13.4%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!0.4%
!–
!–
!6,343
!2.9%
!11,418
!5%!! 14,443 !! 5.9% !! 27,574 !! 9.3%
!30,540
!9.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,919
|
|2,736
| || 3,655 || 1.5% || 5,819|| 2.1%
|6,145
|2.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|620
|
|814
| || 1,118 || 0.5% || 1,623 || 0.5%
|2,006
|0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,208
|
|2,284
| || 3,642 || 1.5% || 3,912|| 1.3%
|5,547
|1.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,433
|
|2,914
| || 4,492 || 1.8% || 8,074 || 2.8%
|8,405
|2.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,163
|
|2,670
| || 1,536 || 0.6% || 7,764 || 2.6%
|8,437
|2.7%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!3.3%
!–
!–
!28,590
!13%
!41,089
!18.1%!! 63,416 !! 25.9% !! 77,511 !! 26.8%
!77,299
!25.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|0.4%
|–
|–
|8,289
|3.8%
|16,783
| 7.4%|| 39,349 || 16.1% || 47,413 || 16.4%
|48,320
|15.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|2.9%
|–
|–
|16,257
|7.4%
|19,145
| 8.4%|| 19,555 || 8.0% || 17,974 || 6.2%
|18,156
|5.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|4,044
|
|5,161
| || 4,512 || 1.8% || 12,124 || 4.2%
|10,823
|3.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 9,146 !! 3.7% !! 17,778 !! 5.94%
!22,151
!7.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,350 || 1.4% || 5,677 || 1.9%
|6,401
|2.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,954 || 0.8% || 3,687 || 1.2%
|3,569
|1.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,343 || 0.5% || 3,003 || 1.4%
|4,653
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 2,499 || 1.0% || 5,411 || 1.8%
|7,528
|2.4%
|-
!Other: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!2,580
!
!3,845
!
!3,545
!1.4%
!9,453
!3.2%
!19,430
!6.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 2,440 || 0.8%
|3,123
|1.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,545 || 1.4% || 7,013 || 2.1%
|16,307
|5.3%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!3.7%
!–
!8.8%
!37,513
!17.1%
!56,353
!24.8%!! 90,550 !! 36.98% !! 131,934 !! 45.91%
!149,420
!48.5%
|-
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|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!–
!100%
!219,508
!100%
!227,200
!100%!! 244,866 !! 100.00% !! 288,283 !! 100.00%
!307,640
!100%
|}

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=== Religion ===
According to the last census, Southwark was at the time about 50% Christian. It has many notable places of Christian worship and ceremony: Anglican, Roman Catholic and other denominations. These include [[Charles Spurgeon]]'s [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]], [[Southwark Cathedral]] (Church of England), [[St George's Cathedral, Southwark|Saint George's Cathedral]] (Roman Catholic), and Saint Mary's Cathedral (Greek Orthodox). London's [[The Norwegian Church in London|Norwegian Church]], [[Nordic churches in London#Finnish Church|Finnish Church]] and the Swedish Seamen's Church are all in [[Rotherhithe]]. [[St George the Martyr, Southwark|Saint George the Martyr]] is the oldest church in London dedicated to England's patron saint. Southwark has the most British-Nigerian churches in the country and the highest concentration of African churches outside the continent.

Places of worship for Sunni [[Muslims]], [[Hindus]], [[Sikhs]] and [[Jews]] exist.<ref>[http://www.thelondonarea.co.uk/southwark/religion.html Religion in Southwark : London] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113031923/http://www.thelondonarea.co.uk/southwark/religion.html |date=13 January 2012}}. theLondonArea. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref>

Per the 2011 Census, 35.6% of the borough's resident respondents identified as [[non-religious]], or chose not to state their faith.<ref name=rel2011>{{cite news |last=Philby |first=Charlotte |title=Less religious and more ethnically diverse: Census reveals a picture of Britain today |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200568/public_sector_equality_duty/3859/religion_and_belief |date=12 December 2012 |location=Southwark}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Southwark (2021 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021#how-religious-affiliation-varies-across-england-and-wales |title=Religion, England and Wales – Office for National Statistics}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Christianity]]
|value1 = 43.3
|color1 = DodgerBlue
|label2 = [[Irreligion|No religion]]
|value2 = 36.4
|color2 = DarkGray
|label3 = [[Islam]]
|value3 = 9.6
|color3 = MediumSeaGreen
|label4 = Not stated
|value4 = 7.3
|color4= Gray
|label5 = [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hinduism]]
|value5 = 1.3
|color5 = Orange
|label6 = [[Buddhism]]
|value6 = 1.0
|color6 = Yellow
|label7 = Other religions
|value7 = 0.7
|color7 = GreenYellow
|label8 = Judaism
|value8 = 0.4
|color8 = DarkBlue
|label9 = Sikhism
|value9 = 0.2
|color9 = DarkKhaki
}}

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Southwark according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS007 – Religion – Nomis – 2001 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS209EW (Religion) – Nomis – 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | 2021<ref>{{cite web |date=29 Nov 2022 |title=Religion – 2021 census |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129115419/https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1 |archive-date=29 Nov 2022 |access-date=16 Dec 2022 |website=Office of National Statistics}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Holds religious beliefs
!175,313
!71.6
!186,574
!66.7
!173,427
!56.3
|-
|[[Christian]]
| align="right" |150,781
| align="right" |61.6
| align="right" |151,562
| align="right" |52.6
| align="right" |133,298
| align="right" |43.3
|-
|[[Muslim]]
| align="right" |16,774
| align="right" |6.9
| align="right" |24,551
| align="right" |8.5
| align="right" |29,633
| align="right" |9.6
|-
|[[Jewish]]
| align="right" |1,011
| align="right" |0.4
| align="right" |1,006
| align="right" |0.3
| align="right" |1,243
| align="right" |0.4
|-
|[[Hinduism|Hindu]]
| align="right" |2,664
| align="right" |1.1
| align="right" |3,668
| align="right" |1.3
| align="right" |3,444
| align="right" |1.1
|-
|[[Sikhism|Sikh]]
| align="right" |578
| align="right" |0.2
| align="right" |653
| align="right" |0.2
| align="right" |632
| align="right" |0.2
|-
|[[Buddhist]]
| align="right" |2,621
| align="right" |1.1
| align="right" |3,884
| align="right" |1.3
| align="right" |2,965
| align="right" |1.0
|-
|Other religion
| align="right" |884
| align="right" |0.4
| align="right" |1,350
| align="right" |0.5
| align="right" |2,149
| align="right" |0.7
|-
!No religion
! align="right" |45,325
! align="right" |18.5
! align="right" |77,098
! align="right" |26.7
! align="right" |111,935
! align="right" |36.4
|-
!Religion not stated
! align="right" |24,228
! align="right" |9.9
! align="right" |24,611
! align="right" |8.6
! align="right" |22,338
! align="right" |7.3
|-
!Total population
! align="right" |244,866
! align="right" |100.0
! align="right" |288,283
! align="right" |100.0
! align="right" |307,700
! align="right" |100.0
|}