London's demographics explored by processing 2011 Census data with a statistical sorting method called cluster analysis. Attention is then focused on the sounds of the 12 archetypal council wards emerging from the study.
Highest for caring/leisure and process occupations. Second highest for long-term unemployed, skilled trades and elementary occupations, African and Caribbean populations. Lowest for directors/senior officials, professional and technical occupations.
Mean age: 33.5.
Main occupation groups – Elementary: 14.9%. Professional: 13.7%. Administrative: 12.6%. Skilled trades: 10.7%. Caring, leisure: 11.6%.
Long-term unemployed: 4.4%.
Main ethnic groups – White British: 39.1%. African: 17%. Other White: 11.1%. Caribbean: 7.2%. Mixed Race: 5.7%.
English as main household language: 73.8%.
Households without a car: 40.6%.
Residents per hectare: 64.8.
Main land use types – Green space: 30.2%. Domestic gardens: 25.6%. Roads: 14.5%. Domestic buildings: 10.2%. Non-domestic buildings: 4.9%.
Main housing types – Terraced: 40.6%. Flats: 29.4%. Semi-detached: 19.3%. Conversions: 4.8%. Detached: 4.7%.
Main tenure types – Social housing: 32%. Mortgaged: 28.7%. Privately rented: 20.4%. Owned outright: 16.4%.
Total wards: 62.
Wards with silhouette values above 0.2 in descending order: Lower Edmonton (Enfield), Ponders End (Enfield), Plumstead (Greenwich), Whitefoot (Lewisham), Eastbrook (Barking and Dagenham), Bellingham (Lewisham), Abbey Wood (Greenwich), Upper Edmonton (Enfield), Enfield Lock (Enfield), Downham (Lewisham).
Medoid/lowest average distance within: Turkey Street (Enfield) 22.40.
Highest silhouette value: Lower Edmonton (Enfield) 0.2419.