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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000927

Lavender Hill East

Lavender Hill East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,100 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
7,100

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,232

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15,770.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

30.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

52.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.0%

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 carFulham Aintree, Hammersmith and Fulham6,195 residents · 36.4% owned · 52.1% no carClapham Old Town, Lambeth7,538 residents · 37.0% owned · 57.6% no carHighbury Fields, Islington8,556 residents · 36.6% owned · 60.4% no carWest Dulwich, Lambeth9,809 residents · 39.3% owned · 49.2% no carHighbury, Islington7,865 residents · 34.2% owned · 60.6% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tooting East, Wandsworth10,861 residents · 39.6% owned · 52.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lavender Hill East

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

Tenure

Social rented38.2%
1,234 households
Owned30.7%
991 households
Private rented30.6%
988 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.1%
1,265 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.4%
983 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits21.4%
691 households
Semi-detached4.4%
143 households
Detached1.8%
59 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
55 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household52.9%
1,710 households
1 car or van in household40.4%
1,307 households
2 cars or vans in household5.8%
188 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
28 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.9%
1,288 households
3 bedrooms28%
903 households
1 bedroom23.1%
747 households
4 or more bedrooms9%
292 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.3%
1,657 households
One-person household31.2%
1,008 households
Other household types17.6%
568 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38%
1,228 households
1 person in household31.2%
1,009 households
3 people in household16.7%
541 households
4 people in household9.7%
315 households
5 people in household3.2%
104 households
6 people in household0.8%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.1%
931 residents
15–2928.3%
2,010 residents
30–4426.9%
1,912 residents
45–6420.5%
1,454 residents
65 and over11.2%
793 residents
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.9%
4,893 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.9%
990 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.4%
523 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.3%
449 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
243 residents
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57%
3,494 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
862 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.5%
707 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.1%
433 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.4%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71%
4,351 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.4%
1,681 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
94 residents aged 16 and over
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.5%
1,504 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.5%
1,501 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
522 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
371 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.1%
4,052 residents
Good health27.9%
1,981 residents
Fair health9.8%
694 residents
Bad health3.7%
265 residents
Very bad health1.5%
108 residents
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
6,037 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
1,063 residents
Lavender Hill East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.7%
1,674 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.2%
945 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14%
453 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
152 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Lavender Hill East · 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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