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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000574

Pentonville

Pentonville is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,833 residents in Islington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Islington
7,833

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,605

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,879

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

72.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.8%

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.

Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth8,567 residents · 20.7% owned · 73.2% no carHammersmith Broadway, Hammersmith and Fulham8,267 residents · 21.9% owned · 67.8% no carCamden Road South, Camden7,879 residents · 26.7% owned · 66.7% no carHatton Garden & Theobalds Road, Camden6,659 residents · 18.1% owned · 76.3% no carBorough & Southwark Street, Southwark10,168 residents · 21.3% owned · 75.4% no carCamden Town & Mornington Crescent, Camden6,223 residents · 25.7% owned · 69.4% no car

Most similar within Islington

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Clerkenwell, Islington11,313 residents · 23.4% owned · 75.1% no carOld Street & St Luke's, Islington10,673 residents · 16.6% owned · 77.6% no carArchway West, Islington8,782 residents · 23.4% owned · 67.6% no carIslington East & Arlington, Islington8,922 residents · 25.1% owned · 68.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pentonville

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

Tenure

Social rented36.9%
1,331 households
Private rented36.6%
1,318 households
Owned24.8%
894 households
Shared ownership1.5%
54 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement58.9%
2,122 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits23%
829 households
Terraced6.9%
247 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse6%
218 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.9%
106 households
Semi-detached1%
36 households
Detached0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
23 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household72.7%
2,617 households
1 car or van in household24.3%
877 households
2 cars or vans in household2.5%
89 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
19 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.6%
1,536 households
1 bedroom35.9%
1,293 households
3 bedrooms14.9%
536 households
4 or more bedrooms6.7%
240 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.6%
1,643 households
One-person household41.6%
1,498 households
Other household types12.9%
464 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.6%
1,498 households
2 people in household35.3%
1,272 households
3 people in household13.3%
481 households
4 people in household6.3%
227 households
5 people in household2.4%
85 households
6 people in household0.6%
22 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.8%
767 residents
15–2931.4%
2,463 residents
30–4426.7%
2,095 residents
45–6421.7%
1,700 residents
65 and over10.3%
807 residents
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64.3%
5,037 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.6%
1,066 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.5%
744 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.9%
539 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
447 residents
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.8%
3,992 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.8%
832 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7%
493 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.2%
295 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.3%
4,164 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.3%
2,549 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
313 residents aged 16 and over
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
1,761 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,361 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students18.6%
1,306 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.6%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.8%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.7%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
175 residents aged 16 and over
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54%
4,230 residents
Good health29.9%
2,339 residents
Fair health10%
785 residents
Bad health4.6%
357 residents
Very bad health1.6%
122 residents
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
6,485 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,348 residents
Pentonville · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%
1,839 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.6%
1,104 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
472 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
179 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Pentonville · 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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