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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000931

Clapham Common West

Clapham Common West is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,815 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
8,815

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,486

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,079.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

77.2%

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.

Clapham South, Lambeth7,714 residents · 50.5% owned · 42.6% no carMunster, Hammersmith and Fulham5,975 residents · 46.6% owned · 45.8% no carClapham Park West, Lambeth9,293 residents · 46.3% owned · 44.5% no carWimbledon Broadway South, Merton8,728 residents · 53.0% owned · 42.2% no carWimbledon Broadway North, Merton7,355 residents · 53.0% owned · 38.0% no carEast Dulwich, Southwark8,296 residents · 57.7% owned · 35.4% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth8,161 residents · 54.1% owned · 36.6% no carEarlsfield North, Wandsworth10,174 residents · 54.0% owned · 36.1% no carSpringfield, Wandsworth10,003 residents · 55.2% owned · 40.3% no carMerton Road, Wandsworth9,341 residents · 55.7% owned · 37.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Clapham Common West

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

Tenure

Owned53%
1,847 households
Private rented38.4%
1,337 households
Social rented8.4%
294 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits43.4%
1,514 households
Terraced38.1%
1,330 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11%
384 households
Semi-detached5.3%
184 households
Detached0.8%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.9%
1,704 households
No cars or vans in household41.6%
1,449 households
2 cars or vans in household8.4%
293 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
40 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms35.5%
1,238 households
2 bedrooms29.1%
1,014 households
3 bedrooms19.6%
683 households
1 bedroom15.8%
551 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.9%
1,983 households
One-person household23%
802 households
Other household types20.1%
699 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,220 households
1 person in household23%
802 households
4 people in household17.4%
605 households
3 people in household17.3%
603 households
5 people in household5.7%
200 households
6 people in household1.3%
46 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
1,659 residents
15–2927.1%
2,387 residents
30–4428%
2,469 residents
45–6419.4%
1,714 residents
65 and over6.7%
588 residents
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.8%
7,299 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
474 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
448 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.8%
420 residents
Other ethnic group2%
177 residents
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above77.2%
5,484 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications8.8%
624 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications4.7%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.7%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.2%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
106 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)80.5%
5,725 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive17.9%
1,269 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations41.1%
2,920 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.1%
1,999 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.9%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3%
211 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.8%
199 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.7%
194 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.7%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health70.7%
6,238 residents
Good health22.4%
1,971 residents
Fair health5.1%
451 residents
Bad health1.3%
113 residents
Very bad health0.5%
45 residents
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act92.6%
8,164 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act7.4%
653 residents
Clapham Common West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension70.4%
2,456 households
Household is deprived in one dimension22.4%
781 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions5.6%
197 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
46 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Clapham Common West · 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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