Kennington West & Vauxhall North

Lambeth · London · population 10,074 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,611 of 6,856 in England
  • #605 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,845
Median age (est.)34
Density13,499per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above57%
No car or van68%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 15%25–44 39%45–64 24%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 41%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 15%Other: 20%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 15%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 8%Black: 24%Mixed: 8%Other: 7%
White 53%Asian 8%Black 24%Mixed 8%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 36% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 42%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Kennington West & Vauxhall North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,611 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 35 in Lambeth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (60) and lowest on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £600,000 over the past year, down 42% across five years (from 111 sales), 12% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,243 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 141 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 29 · #4,879
Employment 39 · #4,186
Education 60 · #2,754
Health 50 · #3,398
Crime 37 · #4,296
Housing & access 19 · #5,578
Living environment 9 · #6,216

House prices ?

£600,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£600,000111-1.9%-41.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£990,00011+7.0%
Flat£567,255100-3.0%-45.5%
This area£600,000
Lambeth£535,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,243±£7,030 · #1,401 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,294
Price-to-income ?12.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

141 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,424 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #5,823 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences371
Theft626
Burglary71
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons63
Drugs69
Robbery119
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 256 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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