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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000928

Putney Embankment & Lower Common

Putney Embankment & Lower Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,356 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
8,356

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,614

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,896.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

37.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

71.5%

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.

Wimbledon Broadway North, Merton7,355 residents · 53.0% owned · 38.0% no carChiswick North East, Hounslow8,640 residents · 52.0% owned · 36.9% no carBedford Park, Ealing6,950 residents · 61.2% owned · 34.6% no carWimbledon Broadway South, Merton8,728 residents · 53.0% owned · 42.2% no carSouth Wimbledon, Merton9,103 residents · 52.6% owned · 39.2% no carMortlake & South Barnes, Richmond upon Thames11,372 residents · 55.9% owned · 30.5% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Springfield, Wandsworth10,003 residents · 55.2% owned · 40.3% no carSouthfields North, Wandsworth9,686 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.7% no carEarlsfield North, Wandsworth10,174 residents · 54.0% owned · 36.1% no carPutney West, Wandsworth8,867 residents · 53.2% owned · 39.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Putney Embankment & Lower Common

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

Tenure

Owned55.8%
2,017 households
Private rented33.5%
1,212 households
Social rented10.1%
364 households
Shared ownership0.4%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced30.9%
1,115 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.3%
1,095 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits21%
760 households
Semi-detached12.5%
452 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.4%
87 households
Detached1.9%
70 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.2%
1,779 households
No cars or vans in household37.1%
1,339 households
2 cars or vans in household12%
434 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.7%
61 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms30.5%
1,103 households
2 bedrooms29.1%
1,053 households
3 bedrooms23.7%
858 households
1 bedroom16.6%
600 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.3%
2,073 households
One-person household29.8%
1,078 households
Other household types12.8%
464 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,255 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,078 households
3 people in household16.5%
597 households
4 people in household13.7%
496 households
5 people in household4.4%
159 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,342 residents
15–2921.1%
1,759 residents
30–4426%
2,176 residents
45–6423.7%
1,976 residents
65 and over13.2%
1,101 residents
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.1%
7,021 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.5%
460 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
434 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%
245 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
193 residents
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above71.5%
4,974 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.7%
674 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.3%
441 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.9%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.1%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.1%
5,010 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.9%
1,871 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations34.1%
2,368 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.7%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
681 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
368 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
310 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.9%
271 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.6%
250 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.3%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health65.4%
5,462 residents
Good health26.2%
2,190 residents
Fair health6.1%
509 residents
Bad health1.7%
145 residents
Very bad health0.6%
50 residents
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.5%
7,561 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.5%
795 residents
Putney Embankment & Lower Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65.8%
2,379 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.3%
913 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.3%
263 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
59 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Putney Embankment & Lower 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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