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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000193

Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South

Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,961 residents in Camden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Camden
5,961

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,100

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,469.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

82.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

58.3%

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.

Fitzrovia West & Soho, Westminster7,879 residents · 19.1% owned · 78.0% no carStrand, St James & Mayfair, Westminster6,388 residents · 23.7% owned · 75.9% no carBrompton, Kensington and Chelsea5,974 residents · 26.9% owned · 64.1% no carNorth Laine & the Lanes, Brighton and Hove10,738 residents · 29.9% owned · 66.0% no carPentonville, Islington7,833 residents · 24.8% owned · 72.7% no carLambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth8,567 residents · 20.7% owned · 73.2% no car

Most similar within Camden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Camden Town & Mornington Crescent, Camden6,223 residents · 25.7% owned · 69.4% no carHatton Garden & Theobalds Road, Camden6,659 residents · 18.1% owned · 76.3% no carFitzrovia East & Bloomsbury West, Camden5,337 residents · 24.1% owned · 81.2% no carKing's Cross & Bloomsbury North, Camden11,588 residents · 16.6% owned · 79.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South

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

Tenure

Private rented40.7%
1,262 households
Social rented34.3%
1,064 households
Owned23.5%
727 households
Shared ownership1.2%
38 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement77.2%
2,393 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits9.2%
284 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop7%
218 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.5%
110 households
Terraced2%
63 households
Detached0.5%
16 households
Semi-detached0.5%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household82%
2,545 households
1 car or van in household15.3%
476 households
2 cars or vans in household2.1%
66 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
15 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom48.5%
1,504 households
2 bedrooms30.7%
952 households
3 bedrooms14.3%
444 households
4 or more bedrooms6.5%
201 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household52.6%
1,630 households
Single family household35.5%
1,101 households
Other household types11.9%
369 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household52.6%
1,630 households
2 people in household30.8%
954 households
3 people in household9%
280 households
4 people in household4.4%
135 households
5 people in household1.7%
53 households
6 people in household0.9%
28 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.2%
431 residents
15–2937%
2,206 residents
30–4420.7%
1,231 residents
45–6422.6%
1,348 residents
65 and over12.5%
742 residents
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White57.7%
3,442 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.4%
1,397 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.5%
389 residents
Other ethnic group6.5%
385 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.8%
348 residents
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above58.3%
3,208 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.3%
897 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9%
496 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.6%
362 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.5%
247 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.6%
2,840 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
2,387 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5%
275 residents aged 16 and over
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students25.2%
1,388 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
446 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.7%
314 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.4%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.9%
272 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.2%
3,229 residents
Good health30.3%
1,806 residents
Fair health10.1%
604 residents
Bad health4.2%
248 residents
Very bad health1.2%
74 residents
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.7%
4,991 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.3%
969 residents
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.1%
1,398 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
1,132 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
439 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
120 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South · 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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