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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000173

Fitzjohns & Royal Free

Fitzjohns & Royal Free is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,493 residents in Camden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Camden
7,493

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,503

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,622.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

59.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

73.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Brook Green, Hammersmith and Fulham7,628 residents · 33.6% owned · 57.5% no carLittle Venice, Westminster9,252 residents · 39.9% owned · 57.4% no carNotting Hill West, Kensington and Chelsea6,428 residents · 40.7% owned · 51.3% no carChiswick Park, Hounslow8,999 residents · 43.2% owned · 48.3% no carWestbourne Grove, Westminster9,955 residents · 31.8% owned · 65.9% no carBrackenbury, Hammersmith and Fulham5,508 residents · 41.6% owned · 50.2% no car

Most similar within Camden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Belsize Park, Camden5,914 residents · 38.5% owned · 59.6% no carFortune Green, Camden7,916 residents · 44.2% owned · 52.6% no carWest Hampstead, Camden9,082 residents · 29.3% owned · 62.9% no carSouth Hampstead, Camden8,076 residents · 35.1% owned · 58.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fitzjohns & Royal Free

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented47.4%
1,659 households
Owned35.5%
1,245 households
Social rented16.7%
585 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement46.7%
1,635 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits36.7%
1,286 households
Terraced5.5%
191 households
Semi-detached4.2%
148 households
Detached3.1%
109 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.3%
79 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%
52 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household59%
2,066 households
1 car or van in household32.9%
1,151 households
2 cars or vans in household6.3%
221 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.8%
63 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom34.8%
1,219 households
2 bedrooms30.6%
1,070 households
3 bedrooms21.3%
746 households
4 or more bedrooms13.3%
466 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.9%
1,783 households
One-person household40.7%
1,426 households
Other household types8.3%
291 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.7%
1,426 households
2 people in household29.6%
1,037 households
3 people in household13.9%
485 households
4 people in household10.9%
381 households
5 people in household3.6%
126 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,259 residents
15–2919.2%
1,437 residents
30–4429.6%
2,217 residents
45–6422.1%
1,658 residents
65 and over12.3%
921 residents
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.2%
4,958 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.7%
1,398 residents
Other ethnic group6.1%
456 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.9%
444 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%
239 residents
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above73.5%
4,538 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.2%
567 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.7%
414 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.6%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.7%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
61 residents aged 16 and over
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.5%
4,234 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.6%
1,826 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations35.1%
2,164 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.7%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
520 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.7%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4%
244 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.9%
179 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.5%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health62.6%
4,693 residents
Good health27.3%
2,046 residents
Fair health6.9%
520 residents
Bad health2.4%
183 residents
Very bad health0.7%
51 residents
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.5%
6,706 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.5%
787 residents
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.5%
1,977 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
1,114 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
304 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
85 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
21 households
Fitzjohns & Royal Free · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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