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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007115

King's Cross & Bloomsbury North

King's Cross & Bloomsbury North is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,588 residents in Camden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Camden
11,588

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,469

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17,336.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

79.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.5%

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.

Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter, Liverpool9,557 residents · 9.8% owned · 61.7% no carArthur's Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne7,531 residents · 16.5% owned · 64.7% no carWoodhouse & Little London, Leeds12,480 residents · 14.7% owned · 60.4% no carLambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth8,567 residents · 20.7% owned · 73.2% no carCentral Exeter, Exeter11,622 residents · 26.2% owned · 53.9% no carSt Ann's West, Nottingham11,560 residents · 17.8% owned · 61.9% no car

Most similar within Camden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Camden Street & Elm Village, Camden8,908 residents · 18.4% owned · 72.8% no carSomers Town, Camden9,783 residents · 12.0% owned · 73.9% no carEuston, Camden7,180 residents · 11.8% owned · 72.3% no carFitzrovia East & Bloomsbury West, Camden5,337 residents · 24.1% owned · 81.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in King's Cross & Bloomsbury North

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

Tenure

Social rented50.4%
2,252 households
Private rented32%
1,430 households
Owned16.6%
742 households
Shared ownership0.5%
23 households
Lives rent free0.5%
22 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement77.8%
3,479 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits13.3%
597 households
Terraced3.4%
151 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.1%
139 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
48 households
Semi-detached0.7%
32 households
Detached0.6%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household79.1%
3,534 households
1 car or van in household18.8%
838 households
2 cars or vans in household1.8%
80 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.4%
17 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom43.9%
1,961 households
2 bedrooms35.6%
1,593 households
3 bedrooms14.5%
648 households
4 or more bedrooms6%
267 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household45.5%
2,031 households
Single family household39.5%
1,767 households
Other household types15%
670 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household45.5%
2,031 households
2 people in household29.2%
1,304 households
3 people in household11.9%
533 households
4 people in household6.5%
292 households
5 people in household3.8%
172 households
6 people in household1.7%
77 households
7 people in household0.7%
30 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
29 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.8%
1,135 residents
15–2942.5%
4,929 residents
30–4418.7%
2,165 residents
45–6418.5%
2,149 residents
65 and over10.4%
1,209 residents
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White46%
5,333 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh30.8%
3,569 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.6%
1,111 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.3%
845 residents
Other ethnic group6.3%
726 residents
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.5%
4,519 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.7%
2,671 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.3%
1,383 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.9%
719 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.4%
561 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
209 residents aged 16 and over
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52.6%
5,462 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40%
4,150 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.4%
772 residents aged 16 and over
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students36%
3,736 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%
1,356 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.5%
1,303 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
1,163 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.4%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
606 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.6%
585 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
296 residents aged 16 and over
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
5,939 residents
Good health31.3%
3,628 residents
Fair health11.4%
1,316 residents
Bad health4.5%
527 residents
Very bad health1.5%
178 residents
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
9,575 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
2,013 residents
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.7%
1,683 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
1,608 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.7%
837 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
314 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
25 households
King's Cross & Bloomsbury North · 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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