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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006801

Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank

Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,567 residents in Lambeth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Lambeth
8,567

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,712

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,465.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

73.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

54.7%

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.

Borough & Southwark Street, Southwark10,168 residents · 21.3% owned · 75.4% no carSouthwark St George's, Southwark9,276 residents · 22.2% owned · 73.3% no carClerkenwell, Islington11,313 residents · 23.4% owned · 75.1% no carPentonville, Islington7,833 residents · 24.8% owned · 72.7% no carElephant & Castle, Southwark7,613 residents · 16.8% owned · 76.8% no carLondon Bridge & Bermondsey West, Southwark10,788 residents · 19.6% owned · 69.6% no car

Most similar within Lambeth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Vauxhall South, Lambeth12,520 residents · 24.5% owned · 72.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank

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

Tenure

Private rented40.7%
1,512 households
Social rented37%
1,373 households
Owned20.7%
769 households
Shared ownership1.4%
53 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement78.4%
2,909 households
Terraced8.9%
330 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.4%
165 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse4%
150 households
Semi-detached2%
74 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
62 households
Detached0.5%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household73.2%
2,715 households
1 car or van in household23.5%
871 households
2 cars or vans in household2.8%
103 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.6%
22 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.3%
1,459 households
1 bedroom35.5%
1,318 households
3 bedrooms19%
705 households
4 or more bedrooms6.2%
229 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household42.5%
1,579 households
One-person household41%
1,524 households
Other household types16.5%
615 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.1%
1,524 households
2 people in household34.8%
1,291 households
3 people in household13.9%
516 households
4 people in household5.9%
220 households
5 people in household2.7%
102 households
6 people in household1%
37 households
7 people in household0.5%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.9%
766 residents
15–2939.2%
3,355 residents
30–4422.5%
1,924 residents
45–6419.5%
1,667 residents
65 and over10%
853 residents
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White54.5%
4,667 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.1%
1,634 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African14.5%
1,243 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.5%
555 residents
Other ethnic group5.5%
467 residents
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above54.7%
4,239 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.8%
917 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.8%
528 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
361 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.7%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.5%
4,300 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.1%
3,031 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.4%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students25.5%
1,975 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,615 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
1,426 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.7%
522 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.9%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.4%
4,750 residents
Good health31.2%
2,674 residents
Fair health9%
775 residents
Bad health3.3%
283 residents
Very bad health1%
85 residents
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
7,435 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,132 residents
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.1%
1,969 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
1,157 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
450 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.4%
127 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank · 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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