Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 38 min4:43 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:03 am – 3:53 pm
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People7,628 residentsin the Brook Green census areaMedian age 36.13,547 households34% of homes owner-occupied17% owned outright26% social rented, 40% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.4% unemployment rate70% of adults are economically active, 4,128 in work, 10% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 17%, finance and insurance 11%, retail and wholesale 11%Getting to work: 61% work from home, 7% go by car, 18% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle89% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages64% of adults hold a degree or higher9% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 78%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 24°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C632 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October28 days of air frost, 28 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesBrook Greenpark · under a mileHolland Parkpark · under a mile · 21 haMarcus Garvey Parkpark · under a mileAvondale Parkplaying field · 1.0 miLillie Road Fitness Centresports ground · under a mileBarn Elms Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.5 mi · 14 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes30 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202035 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202545 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 23 · PM2.5 9.6 · PM10 17 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,720 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation5 m16 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -2 to 29 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCharing Cross Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryBrook Green Medical Centre109 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyForrest Pharmacy82 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentist118 - 120 Hammersmith Roadright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi147 schools64 primary, 15 secondary, 46 independent, 12 special, 6 nursery, 1 sixth form, 3 otherPrimaryLarmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 442 pupilsright hereIndependentSt Paul's Girls' Schoolages 10-19, 833 pupilsright hereSecondarySacred Heart High Schoolages 11-19, 1,113 pupilsunder a mileCollegeEaling, Hammersmith and West London Collegeunder a mileUniversityImperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine1.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR11 miRailway stationKensington (Olympia)under a mileUndergroundHammersmith (Dist&Picc Line) Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationVictoria Station3.1 miFerryPutney Pier2.0 miBus stops170 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the W14 postcode district.
