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Electoral wardE05014097

Brixton Rush Common ward, London Borough of Lambeth

Brixton Rush Common is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,929 residents in 6,310 households — 15,354 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clapham and Brixton Hill and Dulwich and West Norwood constituencies.

Residents, 202114,929council ward average 12,706
Households6,3102.37 residents per household
Density15,354/ km²about 0.97 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+7.4%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 751
5–95.0% · 750
10–156.5% · 968
16–194.0% · 593
20–247.2% · 1,074
25–3426.2% · 3,907
35–4921.5% · 3,216
50–6417.2% · 2,563
65–744.4% · 657
75–842.2% · 326
85+0.8% · 124

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van59.1% · 3,730
1 car or van34.7% · 2,192
2 cars or vans5.2% · 326
3 or more1.0% · 62
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright11.8% · 742
With mortgage21.1% · 1,330
Shared ownership1.8% · 112
Social rented36.4% · 2,298
Private rented28.9% · 1,823
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house0.7% · 45
Semi-detached house6.4% · 405
Terraced house16.4% · 1,037
Purpose-built flat50.6% · 3,191
Converted house24.5% · 1,546
Other conversion0.7% · 44
Above shop / office0.6% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.