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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000934

Clapham Junction & East Hill

Clapham Junction & East Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,916 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
8,916

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,196

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,356.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

69.1%

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 Old Town, Lambeth7,538 residents · 37.0% owned · 57.6% no carClapham North, Lambeth9,117 residents · 32.6% owned · 59.6% no carBrixton Hill East, Lambeth8,402 residents · 41.2% owned · 58.3% no carBarnsbury East, Islington8,283 residents · 37.5% owned · 60.1% no carPeckham Rye Common, Southwark9,388 residents · 45.5% owned · 45.1% no carParsons Green West, Hammersmith and Fulham9,229 residents · 34.8% owned · 53.5% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tooting Bec West, Wandsworth6,431 residents · 44.4% owned · 51.1% no carTooting Bec Common, Wandsworth10,027 residents · 47.4% owned · 47.7% no carBalham, Wandsworth8,721 residents · 46.5% owned · 50.1% no carLavender Hill West & Little India, Wandsworth10,081 residents · 38.5% owned · 53.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Clapham Junction & East Hill

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

Tenure

Private rented42.3%
1,777 households
Owned37.6%
1,576 households
Social rented18.1%
761 households
Shared ownership1.9%
79 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.6%
1,618 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits31.1%
1,306 households
Terraced19.8%
831 households
Semi-detached4.8%
200 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.6%
108 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
81 households
Detached1.2%
49 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.2%
2,233 households
1 car or van in household39.1%
1,642 households
2 cars or vans in household6.5%
274 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
48 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.6%
1,451 households
1 bedroom30.6%
1,283 households
3 bedrooms19.7%
827 households
4 or more bedrooms15.1%
635 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.4%
2,071 households
One-person household33.6%
1,409 households
Other household types17%
715 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.2%
1,643 households
1 person in household33.6%
1,409 households
3 people in household14.7%
618 households
4 people in household8.7%
366 households
5 people in household2.9%
121 households
6 people in household0.6%
26 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.5%
939 residents
15–2931.5%
2,808 residents
30–4431.7%
2,829 residents
45–6417.9%
1,597 residents
65 and over8.3%
742 residents
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.6%
6,740 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.3%
826 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.5%
578 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
539 residents
Other ethnic group2.7%
238 residents
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above69.1%
5,476 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.8%
859 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.5%
595 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.7%
451 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.4%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.4%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)79%
6,261 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive19.4%
1,542 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations32.8%
2,601 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.6%
2,271 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
656 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.1%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.8%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.8%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health61.4%
5,477 residents
Good health28.6%
2,549 residents
Fair health7.3%
654 residents
Bad health2.1%
187 residents
Very bad health0.5%
49 residents
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.7%
8,000 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.3%
916 residents
Clapham Junction & East Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.3%
2,654 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26%
1,092 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
339 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
95 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Clapham Junction & East Hill · 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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