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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000624

Stockwell East

Stockwell East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,631 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
9,631

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,272

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16,729.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

26.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

64.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.3%

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.

Queenstown Road & Patmore, Wandsworth9,890 residents · 22.4% owned · 64.5% no carSilwood & Pepys, Lewisham12,606 residents · 23.2% owned · 63.1% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carWalworth North, Southwark9,791 residents · 21.9% owned · 73.0% no carBermondsey East, Southwark11,896 residents · 21.2% owned · 67.4% no carHaggerston West & Kingsland Basin, Hackney13,458 residents · 17.1% owned · 70.3% no car

Most similar within Lambeth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Brixton Central, Lambeth9,160 residents · 24.4% owned · 67.3% no carKennington West & Vauxhall North, Lambeth9,846 residents · 24.2% owned · 68.0% no carStockwell South, Lambeth9,553 residents · 25.3% owned · 64.4% no carClapham Common North, Lambeth6,774 residents · 23.7% owned · 64.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stockwell East

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

Tenure

Social rented40.9%
1,746 households
Private rented29.2%
1,246 households
Owned26%
1,110 households
Shared ownership3.7%
158 households
Lives rent free0.3%
12 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement70.9%
3,030 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.6%
538 households
Terraced6.6%
282 households
Semi-detached4%
171 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.2%
138 households
Detached1.9%
80 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household64.5%
2,757 households
1 car or van in household30.7%
1,311 households
2 cars or vans in household4.2%
181 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
23 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.8%
1,828 households
1 bedroom30.2%
1,291 households
3 bedrooms20.1%
858 households
4 or more bedrooms6.9%
296 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.2%
2,059 households
One-person household34%
1,453 households
Other household types17.8%
760 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
1,513 households
1 person in household34%
1,453 households
3 people in household15.9%
679 households
4 people in household8.8%
377 households
5 people in household3.4%
146 households
6 people in household1%
41 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
31 households
7 people in household0.7%
30 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.2%
1,272 residents
15–2930.2%
2,906 residents
30–4428.3%
2,722 residents
45–6421.4%
2,065 residents
65 and over6.9%
666 residents
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White50.5%
4,866 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African30.4%
2,929 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.1%
776 residents
Other ethnic group5.6%
544 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
518 residents
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57.3%
4,737 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.5%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.8%
892 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.6%
624 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.9%
488 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.9%
6,027 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive24.3%
2,008 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,938 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.1%
1,822 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.8%
812 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.7%
805 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
704 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.1%
5,405 residents
Good health30.6%
2,947 residents
Fair health9.5%
912 residents
Bad health3.1%
299 residents
Very bad health0.7%
68 residents
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
8,316 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,316 residents
Stockwell East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.2%
2,101 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.6%
1,348 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.3%
611 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
190 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
22 households
Stockwell East · 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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