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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007083

Nine Elms

Nine Elms is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,711 residents in Wandsworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wandsworth
7,711

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,105

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,930.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

70.8%

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.

Central Lewisham North, Lewisham5,766 residents · 21.8% owned · 73.2% no carGreenwich Peninsula East, Greenwich8,401 residents · 28.4% owned · 63.6% no carMill Meads, Newham6,888 residents · 18.6% owned · 70.8% no carCanary Wharf, Tower Hamlets7,076 residents · 24.5% owned · 74.2% no carSilvertown & Royal Wharf, Newham11,244 residents · 24.2% owned · 60.1% no carGreenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich12,093 residents · 24.5% owned · 64.1% no car

Most similar within Wandsworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

St Mary's & Cotton Row, Wandsworth11,640 residents · 36.1% owned · 54.1% no carEast Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Nine Elms

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

Tenure

Private rented56.1%
2,302 households
Owned23.9%
980 households
Social rented12%
492 households
Shared ownership8%
329 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement97.7%
4,013 households
Terraced0.5%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Semi-detached0.3%
14 households
Detached0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
2 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household70.8%
2,906 households
1 car or van in household26.8%
1,101 households
2 cars or vans in household2%
84 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.3%
14 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms51%
2,093 households
1 bedroom37.4%
1,536 households
3 bedrooms9.8%
404 households
4 or more bedrooms1.8%
74 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.9%
2,006 households
One-person household41%
1,681 households
Other household types10.2%
418 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.9%
1,680 households
2 people in household40.6%
1,668 households
3 people in household11.1%
455 households
4 people in household5.4%
220 households
5 people in household1.5%
60 households
6 people in household0.4%
17 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.2%
942 residents
15–2931%
2,393 residents
30–4437.6%
2,904 residents
45–6415.8%
1,218 residents
65 and over3.4%
259 residents
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White59.7%
4,602 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15%
1,154 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.2%
789 residents
Other ethnic group8.1%
626 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7%
540 residents
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above73.1%
4,926 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.3%
624 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications5.5%
372 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5%
336 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.4%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.2%
5,005 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive22.9%
1,541 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
195 residents aged 16 and over
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations35.3%
2,380 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,562 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.7%
792 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.6%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.4%
297 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4%
267 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.9%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health66.3%
5,111 residents
Good health26.2%
2,019 residents
Fair health5.4%
416 residents
Bad health1.5%
118 residents
Very bad health0.6%
46 residents
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act92%
7,095 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act8%
618 residents
Nine Elms · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension66.7%
2,737 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.7%
1,054 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.1%
251 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Nine Elms · 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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