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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000634

Clapham Common North

Clapham Common North is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,774 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
6,774

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,108

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,994.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

64.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

58.7%

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 carCanada Water, Southwark10,223 residents · 18.3% owned · 67.1% no carStoke Newington South, Hackney11,090 residents · 27.8% owned · 67.4% no carDalston East, Hackney9,217 residents · 31.4% owned · 64.4% no carNewington Green, Islington8,542 residents · 23.1% owned · 65.8% no carBurgess Park West & John Ruskin Street, Southwark8,685 residents · 22.6% owned · 65.3% 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 Central, Lambeth9,160 residents · 24.4% owned · 67.3% no carStockwell South, Lambeth9,553 residents · 25.3% owned · 64.4% no carStockwell East, Lambeth9,631 residents · 26.0% owned · 64.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Clapham Common North

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

Tenure

Social rented42.6%
1,323 households
Private rented32.7%
1,015 households
Owned23.7%
737 households
Shared ownership0.9%
28 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement64.3%
1,996 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits13.6%
421 households
Terraced10.9%
338 households
Semi-detached5%
155 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.1%
97 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
54 households
Detached1.4%
44 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household64.1%
1,991 households
1 car or van in household30%
933 households
2 cars or vans in household5%
156 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
27 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.4%
1,223 households
1 bedroom29.7%
924 households
3 bedrooms20.2%
629 households
4 or more bedrooms10.7%
331 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household42.5%
1,323 households
One-person household36.1%
1,124 households
Other household types21.3%
663 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.2%
1,124 households
2 people in household34.2%
1,061 households
3 people in household15.6%
483 households
4 people in household8.7%
270 households
5 people in household3.5%
109 households
6 people in household1.2%
37 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.2%
824 residents
15–2933.7%
2,280 residents
30–4423.3%
1,580 residents
45–6421.7%
1,469 residents
65 and over9.2%
622 residents
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White57.2%
3,876 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African23.8%
1,611 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.3%
497 residents
Other ethnic group6%
404 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.7%
385 residents
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above58.7%
3,462 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13%
765 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.2%
658 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.5%
441 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.8%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.9%
4,176 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.8%
1,577 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,467 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.1%
1,363 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.3%
549 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
521 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.8%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
410 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55%
3,728 residents
Good health30.1%
2,041 residents
Fair health10.3%
698 residents
Bad health3.4%
228 residents
Very bad health1.2%
78 residents
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
5,799 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
974 residents
Clapham Common North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.9%
1,549 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.6%
921 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
446 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.9%
183 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Clapham Common North · 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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