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Brixton North ward, London Borough of Lambeth

Brixton North is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,324 residents in 6,711 households — 17,815 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clapham and Brixton Hill and Dulwich and West Norwood constituencies.

Residents, 202116,324council ward average 12,706
Households6,7112.43 residents per household
Density17,815/ km²about 0.92 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+7.5%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 656
5–94.9% · 794
10–156.8% · 1,113
16–194.7% · 765
20–249.7% · 1,578
25–3424.9% · 4,071
35–4920.2% · 3,299
50–6417.3% · 2,821
65–744.4% · 723
75–842.3% · 379
85+0.8% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van67.5% · 4,530
1 car or van27.3% · 1,834
2 cars or vans4.4% · 294
3 or more0.8% · 53
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Lambeth overall: 33.0% owned, 33.6% social rented, 31.4% private rented.

Owned outright5.9% · 396
With mortgage13.7% · 922
Shared ownership3.3% · 223
Social rented54.3% · 3,646
Private rented22.3% · 1,498
Lives rent free0.4% · 27

Type of home

Detached house1.2% · 80
Semi-detached house3.0% · 201
Terraced house8.7% · 581
Purpose-built flat73.1% · 4,907
Converted house12.5% · 836
Other conversion0.8% · 53
Above shop / office0.8% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.