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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000834

Peckham Rye Common

Peckham Rye Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,388 residents in Southwark. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southwark
9,388

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,102

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,735.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

45.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

67.4%

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.

Forest Hill West, Lewisham8,139 residents · 52.9% owned · 42.7% no carChiswick North West, Ealing7,566 residents · 47.1% owned · 44.2% no carTooting Bec East, Wandsworth6,145 residents · 41.6% owned · 50.5% no carEarlsfield North, Wandsworth10,174 residents · 54.0% owned · 36.1% no carHornsey Vale, Haringey6,754 residents · 47.2% owned · 48.6% no carHighgate East, Haringey5,848 residents · 48.1% owned · 48.3% no car

Most similar within Southwark

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Dulwich Hill, Southwark9,497 residents · 49.9% owned · 41.4% no carEast Dulwich, Southwark8,296 residents · 57.7% owned · 35.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Peckham Rye Common

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

Tenure

Owned45.5%
1,867 households
Private rented33.2%
1,360 households
Social rented20.6%
843 households
Shared ownership0.6%
23 households
Lives rent free0.2%
9 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits38.1%
1,565 households
Terraced23.1%
949 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.2%
871 households
Semi-detached13.2%
542 households
Detached2%
82 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
49 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
44 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.1%
1,889 households
No cars or vans in household45.1%
1,848 households
2 cars or vans in household7.7%
314 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.2%
51 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms29.9%
1,226 households
1 bedroom28.4%
1,164 households
4 or more bedrooms22.6%
926 households
3 bedrooms19.2%
787 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.4%
2,313 households
One-person household31.1%
1,277 households
Other household types12.5%
512 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%
1,455 households
1 person in household31.1%
1,278 households
3 people in household15.7%
643 households
4 people in household12.3%
505 households
5 people in household3.5%
144 households
7 people in household0.9%
38 households
6 people in household0.8%
33 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,516 residents
15–2921.4%
2,008 residents
30–4432.1%
3,018 residents
45–6421.5%
2,017 residents
65 and over8.8%
831 residents
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.1%
6,859 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.4%
1,162 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.5%
706 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
415 residents
Other ethnic group2.6%
243 residents
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above67.4%
5,262 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.1%
870 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.5%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6%
468 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.9%
304 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)73.5%
5,732 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive24.7%
1,926 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.9%
2,334 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.6%
2,230 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.6%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.5%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.8%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.6%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health59.7%
5,600 residents
Good health29.1%
2,732 residents
Fair health7.9%
745 residents
Bad health2.6%
245 residents
Very bad health0.7%
66 residents
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.5%
8,219 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.5%
1,170 residents
Peckham Rye Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59%
2,422 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.6%
1,093 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
455 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
124 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Peckham Rye Common · 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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