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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000394

Sands End & Chelsea Harbour

Sands End & Chelsea Harbour is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,281 residents in Hammersmith and Fulham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Hammersmith and Fulham
9,281

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,346

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,096.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

54.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

61.1%

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.

Wandsworth South, Wandsworth9,324 residents · 35.6% owned · 55.0% no carEast Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no carMaida Vale, Westminster7,876 residents · 33.8% owned · 61.4% no carSt Mary's & Cotton Row, Wandsworth11,640 residents · 36.1% owned · 54.1% no carSouth Acton, Ealing9,607 residents · 32.9% owned · 54.6% no carEaling Broadway East, Ealing6,426 residents · 28.3% owned · 51.6% no car

Most similar within Hammersmith and Fulham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ravenscourt Park South, Hammersmith and Fulham6,189 residents · 36.4% owned · 54.3% no carRavenscourt Park North, Hammersmith and Fulham7,388 residents · 43.2% owned · 45.7% no carParsons Green West, Hammersmith and Fulham9,229 residents · 34.8% owned · 53.5% no carFulham Broadway, Hammersmith and Fulham8,657 residents · 29.3% owned · 61.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sands End & Chelsea Harbour

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

Tenure

Private rented35.8%
1,555 households
Owned32.1%
1,394 households
Social rented27.4%
1,191 households
Shared ownership4.6%
201 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement64.5%
2,804 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits23.6%
1,024 households
Terraced8.9%
388 households
Semi-detached1.4%
62 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
30 households
Detached0.5%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household54.4%
2,363 households
1 car or van in household38.4%
1,667 households
2 cars or vans in household6.2%
271 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1%
45 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms48%
2,087 households
1 bedroom26.1%
1,136 households
3 bedrooms17.1%
741 households
4 or more bedrooms8.8%
382 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.6%
2,201 households
One-person household37.9%
1,647 households
Other household types11.5%
500 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.9%
1,647 households
2 people in household33%
1,434 households
3 people in household15.2%
661 households
4 people in household8.9%
386 households
5 people in household3.6%
156 households
6 people in household1%
43 households
7 people in household0.3%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,472 residents
15–2925.4%
2,354 residents
30–4429.2%
2,711 residents
45–6421%
1,950 residents
65 and over8.6%
796 residents
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White61.7%
5,733 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.3%
1,045 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.8%
1,005 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.2%
766 residents
Other ethnic group7.9%
736 residents
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above61.1%
4,719 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
970 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.5%
811 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
547 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.8%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.8%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.1%
5,333 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29%
2,237 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.4%
2,042 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,794 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.2%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.8%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
465 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.6%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health61.9%
5,740 residents
Good health26.5%
2,461 residents
Fair health7.9%
731 residents
Bad health2.6%
244 residents
Very bad health1.1%
104 residents
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.7%
8,232 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.3%
1,049 residents
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.9%
2,385 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
1,304 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
510 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
133 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Sands End & Chelsea Harbour · 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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