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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000187

Somers Town

Somers Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,783 residents in Camden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Camden
9,783

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,817

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,104.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

73.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.4%

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.

Barnsbury West, Islington8,603 residents · 13.2% owned · 69.5% no carShadwell North, Tower Hamlets7,054 residents · 15.1% owned · 65.1% no carFinsbury Park West, Islington9,434 residents · 14.6% owned · 70.1% no carCaledonian Road, Islington11,342 residents · 17.8% owned · 69.9% no carBethnal Green North East, Tower Hamlets7,961 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carHilldrop, Islington8,682 residents · 22.4% owned · 68.0% no car

Most similar within Camden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Euston, Camden7,180 residents · 11.8% owned · 72.3% no carCamden Street & Elm Village, Camden8,908 residents · 18.4% owned · 72.8% no carKentish Town West, Camden9,997 residents · 22.3% owned · 66.1% no carKilburn East, Camden8,882 residents · 18.3% owned · 70.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Somers Town

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

Tenure

Social rented64.3%
2,454 households
Private rented21.9%
837 households
Owned12%
458 households
Shared ownership1.4%
52 households
Lives rent free0.4%
16 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement89.7%
3,422 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.3%
166 households
Terraced2.5%
96 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
58 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
42 households
Semi-detached0.6%
21 households
Detached0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household73.9%
2,821 households
1 car or van in household23.2%
885 households
2 cars or vans in household2.6%
99 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.3%
12 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.4%
1,427 households
1 bedroom35.1%
1,338 households
3 bedrooms20.1%
766 households
4 or more bedrooms7.5%
285 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.5%
1,926 households
One-person household36%
1,373 households
Other household types13.5%
515 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36%
1,373 households
2 people in household27.4%
1,046 households
3 people in household14.5%
553 households
4 people in household10.9%
417 households
5 people in household6.3%
242 households
6 people in household2.9%
111 households
7 people in household1.2%
46 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
29 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.2%
1,685 residents
15–2932.8%
3,211 residents
30–4421.4%
2,090 residents
45–6419.9%
1,948 residents
65 and over8.7%
850 residents
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White38.2%
3,742 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh32.5%
3,181 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16%
1,561 residents
Other ethnic group6.9%
676 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.4%
626 residents
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.4%
3,310 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,420 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
1,419 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.7%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
621 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive47.9%
3,823 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.9%
3,749 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.2%
414 residents aged 16 and over
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students24.9%
1,988 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.1%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.8%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
573 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
4,871 residents
Good health31.2%
3,052 residents
Fair health12.3%
1,200 residents
Bad health5.1%
496 residents
Very bad health1.6%
161 residents
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
8,040 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,744 residents
Somers Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
1,390 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.2%
1,228 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.4%
818 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.8%
337 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.2%
44 households
Somers Town · 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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