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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000182

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,120 residents in Camden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Camden
7,120

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,083

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,919.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

58.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

62.4%

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.

St John's Wood North, Westminster6,155 residents · 38.6% owned · 55.0% no carAbbey Road, Westminster9,814 residents · 33.4% owned · 55.4% no carChiswick Park, Hounslow8,999 residents · 43.2% owned · 48.3% no carRavenscourt Park South, Hammersmith and Fulham6,189 residents · 36.4% owned · 54.3% no carChilds Hill, Barnet6,674 residents · 40.3% owned · 46.1% no carHolland Park, Kensington and Chelsea8,088 residents · 39.4% owned · 51.1% no car

Most similar within Camden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Adelaide Road, Camden5,748 residents · 35.7% owned · 55.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Swiss Cottage

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

Tenure

Private rented45.9%
1,414 households
Owned32%
986 households
Social rented20.9%
643 households
Shared ownership1.1%
34 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement68.8%
2,119 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.7%
544 households
Terraced5.5%
171 households
Semi-detached3%
91 households
Detached2.7%
83 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
46 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household58%
1,789 households
1 car or van in household33.6%
1,035 households
2 cars or vans in household6.8%
210 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.6%
48 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.3%
1,149 households
1 bedroom25%
771 households
3 bedrooms24.1%
743 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
420 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.5%
1,653 households
One-person household35.6%
1,100 households
Other household types10.8%
335 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.7%
1,100 households
2 people in household28.2%
869 households
3 people in household16.6%
511 households
4 people in household12.5%
384 households
5 people in household5.1%
158 households
6 people in household1.2%
38 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,262 residents
15–2921.3%
1,514 residents
30–4427.5%
1,956 residents
45–6421.8%
1,552 residents
65 and over11.7%
833 residents
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White52.5%
3,736 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh25%
1,777 residents
Other ethnic group9.2%
653 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.5%
536 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.8%
415 residents
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above62.4%
3,611 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
687 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.7%
564 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.7%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.2%
243 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.5%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.2%
3,482 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.1%
2,147 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.9%
1,673 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,173 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.5%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.1%
645 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.7%
387 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.3%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.3%
248 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health59.3%
4,219 residents
Good health28.3%
2,012 residents
Fair health8.4%
600 residents
Bad health3%
210 residents
Very bad health1.1%
76 residents
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.1%
6,270 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.9%
846 residents
Swiss Cottage · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.9%
1,630 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
959 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.7%
391 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
93 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Swiss Cottage · 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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