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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000627

Stockwell South

Stockwell South is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,553 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
9,553

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,915

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

18,154.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

64.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.3%

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 carBurgess Park West & John Ruskin Street, Southwark8,685 residents · 22.6% owned · 65.3% no carTelegraph Hill, Lewisham8,620 residents · 34.6% owned · 54.7% no carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carTooting West, Wandsworth7,420 residents · 30.9% owned · 56.8% no carBattersea Latchmere, Wandsworth7,900 residents · 28.6% owned · 59.0% no car

Most similar within Lambeth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Oval, Lambeth8,406 residents · 27.6% owned · 63.8% no carBrixton Hill West, Lambeth10,254 residents · 32.3% owned · 57.9% no carBrixton Central, Lambeth9,160 residents · 24.4% owned · 67.3% no carStockwell East, Lambeth9,631 residents · 26.0% owned · 64.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stockwell South

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

Tenure

Social rented41.9%
1,641 households
Private rented30.5%
1,193 households
Owned25.3%
990 households
Shared ownership2.1%
82 households
Lives rent free0.2%
9 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement57.7%
2,259 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits22.5%
883 households
Terraced13.4%
526 households
Semi-detached3.4%
132 households
Detached1.1%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household64.4%
2,522 households
1 car or van in household30.4%
1,189 households
2 cars or vans in household4.4%
174 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
32 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.1%
1,649 households
1 bedroom24.2%
946 households
3 bedrooms19.6%
769 households
4 or more bedrooms14.1%
553 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.2%
1,849 households
One-person household29.7%
1,164 households
Other household types23.1%
903 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.6%
1,353 households
1 person in household29.7%
1,162 households
3 people in household18.4%
721 households
4 people in household9.5%
370 households
5 people in household4.7%
183 households
6 people in household1.5%
57 households
8 or more people in household1.4%
53 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.7%
1,211 residents
15–2933%
3,154 residents
30–4426.5%
2,528 residents
45–6420%
1,910 residents
65 and over7.9%
750 residents
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White52.9%
5,051 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African28.6%
2,728 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.5%
714 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.6%
539 residents
Other ethnic group5.4%
520 residents
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.3%
4,651 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
1,045 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.4%
607 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%
504 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71.9%
5,935 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive24.9%
2,056 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,864 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,860 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.9%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
699 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.1%
669 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
629 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
5,283 residents
Good health30.7%
2,931 residents
Fair health10%
951 residents
Bad health3%
289 residents
Very bad health1%
99 residents
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.4%
8,258 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.6%
1,295 residents
Stockwell South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,819 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,309 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.4%
605 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
176 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Stockwell 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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