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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000923

Battersea Park

Battersea Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,526 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
7,526

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,469

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,040.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

50.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

63.7%

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.

Fulham Palace & Hurlingham Park, Hammersmith and Fulham5,680 residents · 48.0% owned · 45.8% no carClapham Old Town, Lambeth7,538 residents · 37.0% owned · 57.6% no carChiswick Park, Hounslow8,999 residents · 43.2% owned · 48.3% no carFulham Broadway, Hammersmith and Fulham8,657 residents · 29.3% owned · 61.3% no carParsons Green East & Eel Brook Common, Hammersmith and Fulham7,587 residents · 41.9% owned · 49.0% no carFulham Reach, Hammersmith and Fulham8,645 residents · 47.8% owned · 47.3% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

East Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no carPutney West, Wandsworth8,867 residents · 53.2% owned · 39.5% no carWandsworth South, Wandsworth9,324 residents · 35.6% owned · 55.0% no carSt Mary's & Cotton Row, Wandsworth11,640 residents · 36.1% owned · 54.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Battersea Park

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

Tenure

Owned45%
1,562 households
Private rented40%
1,387 households
Social rented13.3%
460 households
Shared ownership1.6%
57 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement74.1%
2,572 households
Terraced9.7%
336 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits9%
311 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.1%
107 households
Semi-detached2.5%
85 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
28 households
Detached0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household50.3%
1,744 households
1 car or van in household38.5%
1,334 households
2 cars or vans in household9.3%
321 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2%
70 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms40%
1,388 households
1 bedroom24.7%
856 households
3 bedrooms23.5%
816 households
4 or more bedrooms11.8%
409 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.2%
1,637 households
One-person household36.2%
1,254 households
Other household types16.6%
577 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.2%
1,255 households
2 people in household35.7%
1,238 households
3 people in household14.8%
512 households
4 people in household8%
279 households
5 people in household3.7%
127 households
6 people in household1.2%
41 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.6%
947 residents
15–2921.3%
1,605 residents
30–4426.5%
1,992 residents
45–6423.2%
1,750 residents
65 and over16.4%
1,233 residents
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.8%
5,477 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.4%
704 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.3%
626 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
373 residents
Other ethnic group4.6%
347 residents
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above63.7%
4,159 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.8%
704 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
620 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7%
460 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.4%
285 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.4%
4,468 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.1%
1,969 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28%
1,827 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,681 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.1%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.9%
386 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
161 residents aged 16 and over
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health61.8%
4,651 residents
Good health26.3%
1,982 residents
Fair health8.8%
660 residents
Bad health2.5%
186 residents
Very bad health0.6%
47 residents
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.7%
6,678 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.3%
848 residents
Battersea Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.3%
2,092 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
994 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
307 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
70 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Battersea 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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