Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 38 min4:43 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 51 min8:03 am – 3:54 pm
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People10,174 residentsin the Earlsfield North census areaMedian age 33.84,138 households54% of homes owner-occupied18% owned outright14% social rented, 31% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate77% of adults are economically active, 6,081 in work, 10% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 16%, finance and insurance 11%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 61% work from home, 12% go by car, 15% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle84% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages66% of adults hold a degree or higher8% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%1% 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°C619 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October25 days of air frost, 27 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 spacesWandsworth Commonpark · under a mile · 64 haClapham Commonpark · 1.2 mi · 76 haGodley Gardenspark · under a mileKing George's Park Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 7 haSir Walter St Johns Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haWimbledon Park Watersports Centresports ground · 1.2 mi · 58 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes27 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202039 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202549 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 17 · PM2.5 8.7 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,383 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation28 m92 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 6 to 36 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalOld Hospital Closeunder a mileGP surgeryHmp Wandsworth73 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBarkers Chemist54 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHmp Wandsworthunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi109 schools54 primary, 13 secondary, 26 independent, 11 special, 2 nursery, 3 otherPrimaryBeatrix Potter Primary Schoolages 3-11, 362 pupilsunder a milePrimarySwaffield Schoolages 3-11under a mileSecondaryBurntwood Schoolages 11-18, 1,462 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSt Francis Xavier Sixth Form College1.4 miUniversitySt George's Hospital Medical School1.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY11 miMajor airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR12 miRailway stationEarlsfieldunder a mileUndergroundSouthfields Underground Station1.1 miBus stationVictoria Station3.7 miFerrySt Mary's Wandsworth PierClapham Junction1.3 miBus stops134 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SW18 postcode district.
