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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000635

Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park

Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,812 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
9,812

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,335

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,896.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

60.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

63.0%

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.

Peckham Rye, Southwark9,353 residents · 38.7% owned · 54.1% no carDalston East, Hackney9,217 residents · 31.4% owned · 64.4% no carLower Holloway, Islington12,420 residents · 23.9% owned · 72.6% no carHighbury Fields, Islington8,556 residents · 36.6% owned · 60.4% no carBrockley East & St Johns, Lewisham8,204 residents · 37.5% owned · 53.5% no carBlackheath West, Lewisham8,063 residents · 38.0% owned · 49.8% 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 carStreatham Hill, Lambeth9,378 residents · 39.8% owned · 51.6% no carHerne Hill East, Lambeth9,525 residents · 39.9% owned · 53.1% no carOval, Lambeth8,406 residents · 27.6% owned · 63.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park

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

Tenure

Social rented36.6%
1,585 households
Owned32.2%
1,398 households
Private rented26.3%
1,139 households
Shared ownership4.9%
211 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement44.4%
1,926 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits23.6%
1,024 households
Terraced20.7%
899 households
Semi-detached6.8%
297 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
70 households
Detached1.5%
65 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
59 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household60%
2,604 households
1 car or van in household34.1%
1,480 households
2 cars or vans in household5.1%
222 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.7%
32 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.6%
1,412 households
1 bedroom31.3%
1,357 households
3 bedrooms20.7%
896 households
4 or more bedrooms15.5%
672 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.6%
2,106 households
One-person household33.4%
1,447 households
Other household types18.1%
784 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,503 households
1 person in household33.4%
1,447 households
3 people in household16.4%
710 households
4 people in household9.7%
420 households
5 people in household3.6%
155 households
6 people in household1.2%
50 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
35 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,271 residents
15–2927.6%
2,706 residents
30–4429.1%
2,859 residents
45–6423.3%
2,292 residents
65 and over7%
690 residents
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White56.1%
5,502 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African25.3%
2,484 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.2%
802 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%
573 residents
Other ethnic group4.6%
450 residents
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above63%
5,341 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.3%
958 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
802 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
603 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
449 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)73.9%
6,268 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive23.4%
1,986 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.6%
2,252 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25%
2,117 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.2%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
697 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.1%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.8%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.6%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.3%
5,716 residents
Good health28.6%
2,811 residents
Fair health8.9%
873 residents
Bad health2.9%
280 residents
Very bad health1.3%
132 residents
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
8,457 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
1,355 residents
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.6%
2,323 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.8%
1,206 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
602 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.3%
188 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
18 households
Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park · 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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