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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000633

Brixton Central

Brixton Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,160 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
9,160

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,962

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,500.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

67.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.0%

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 carQueens Road Peckham, Southwark10,925 residents · 29.5% owned · 58.9% no carStoke Newington South, Hackney11,090 residents · 27.8% owned · 67.4% no carHackney Downs, Hackney9,610 residents · 25.7% owned · 62.4% no carNew Cross South, Lewisham9,906 residents · 30.3% owned · 60.8% no car

Most similar within Lambeth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Stockwell East, Lambeth9,631 residents · 26.0% owned · 64.5% no carOval, Lambeth8,406 residents · 27.6% owned · 63.8% no carClapham Common North, Lambeth6,774 residents · 23.7% owned · 64.1% no carStockwell South, Lambeth9,553 residents · 25.3% owned · 64.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brixton Central

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

Tenure

Social rented44.2%
1,753 households
Private rented28.8%
1,142 households
Owned24.4%
965 households
Shared ownership2.3%
92 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement57.4%
2,275 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits18.6%
736 households
Terraced13.1%
520 households
Semi-detached5.7%
224 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.1%
85 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
73 households
Detached1.2%
48 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household67.3%
2,665 households
1 car or van in household28.1%
1,114 households
2 cars or vans in household3.6%
144 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1%
39 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.3%
1,440 households
1 bedroom29.6%
1,171 households
3 bedrooms20.5%
812 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
539 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household43.4%
1,721 households
One-person household35.4%
1,403 households
Other household types21.2%
839 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.4%
1,403 households
2 people in household31.3%
1,240 households
3 people in household15.7%
620 households
4 people in household10%
397 households
5 people in household4%
158 households
6 people in household1.4%
56 households
7 people in household1.3%
52 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
34 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
1,218 residents
15–2931.4%
2,877 residents
30–4425%
2,292 residents
45–6422.5%
2,058 residents
65 and over7.8%
713 residents
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White45.4%
4,162 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African35.1%
3,218 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.6%
789 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.5%
506 residents
Other ethnic group5.3%
489 residents
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56%
4,396 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.4%
1,053 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.1%
874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.4%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.2%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.7%
5,468 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.5%
2,155 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,844 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,588 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.4%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.1%
716 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
289 residents aged 16 and over
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.6%
5,093 residents
Good health29.8%
2,733 residents
Fair health10.6%
973 residents
Bad health2.9%
263 residents
Very bad health1.1%
98 residents
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.9%
7,869 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.1%
1,291 residents
Brixton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.1%
1,826 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
1,292 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.3%
646 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
173 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
26 households
Brixton Central · 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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