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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000939

Nightingale Lane

Nightingale Lane is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,819 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
7,819

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,836

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,736

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

73.1%

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.

Herne Hill & Dulwich Park, Southwark8,559 residents · 68.5% owned · 25.8% no carWimbledon Park & Durnsford Road, Merton9,054 residents · 58.9% owned · 32.1% no carSt Margarets, Richmond upon Thames6,585 residents · 65.7% owned · 24.2% no carBedford Park, Ealing6,950 residents · 61.2% owned · 34.6% no carAlexandra Park, Haringey6,474 residents · 68.6% owned · 27.1% no carCottenham Park, Merton8,235 residents · 69.7% owned · 20.0% 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 carSouthfields North, Wandsworth9,686 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.7% no carPutney Embankment & Lower Common, Wandsworth8,356 residents · 55.8% owned · 37.1% no carEarlsfield North, Wandsworth10,174 residents · 54.0% owned · 36.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Nightingale Lane

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

Tenure

Owned64.9%
1,840 households
Private rented23.6%
669 households
Social rented11.2%
317 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.6%
1,266 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits20.9%
593 households
Semi-detached16.3%
462 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.3%
377 households
Detached3.3%
93 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household52.5%
1,490 households
No cars or vans in household28.4%
805 households
2 cars or vans in household15.4%
437 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
104 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms52.3%
1,485 households
2 bedrooms18.6%
529 households
3 bedrooms15.3%
435 households
1 bedroom13.7%
389 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.6%
1,831 households
One-person household21.8%
619 households
Other household types13.6%
386 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.9%
848 households
1 person in household21.7%
616 households
4 people in household20.8%
589 households
3 people in household17.3%
492 households
5 people in household8.2%
232 households
6 people in household1.7%
47 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.2%
1,733 residents
15–2919.1%
1,495 residents
30–4422.3%
1,744 residents
45–6424.9%
1,944 residents
65 and over11.5%
903 residents
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.7%
6,468 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6%
466 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
420 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.1%
321 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
145 residents
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above73.1%
4,383 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10%
599 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.2%
372 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.2%
371 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.4%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.1%
65 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.1%
64 residents aged 16 and over
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.2%
4,210 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29%
1,737 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.8%
50 residents aged 16 and over
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations39.2%
2,348 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.5%
1,587 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
591 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
405 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
265 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.1%
185 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.8%
165 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.4%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health67.9%
5,311 residents
Good health24.6%
1,920 residents
Fair health5.5%
430 residents
Bad health1.5%
115 residents
Very bad health0.5%
43 residents
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.8%
7,098 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.2%
720 residents
Nightingale Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension69.2%
1,962 households
Household is deprived in one dimension23.4%
664 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.1%
174 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Nightingale Lane · 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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