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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People9,812 residentsin the Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park census areaMedian age 33.24,337 households32% of homes owner-occupied11% owned outright37% social rented, 26% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.5% unemployment rate77% of adults are economically active, 6,069 in work, 7% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 16%, health and social work 13%, information and communication 10%Getting to work: 56% work from home, 9% go by car, 23% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle85% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages63% of adults hold a degree or higher10% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%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°C607 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October21 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 spacesBrockwell Parkpark · under a mile · 52 haRuskin Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haWyck Gardenspark · under a mileFlaxman Sports Centresports ground · under a mileMoorlands Nature Garden Allotmentallotments · under a mileWarwick Gardenplaying field · 1.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes25 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202040 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 10 Nov 202447 mi away, Worminghall, 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 21 · PM2.5 9.3 · PM10 16 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
Broadband94% 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)4,622 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation13 m43 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 4 to 43 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalKings College Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryHerne Hill Road Medical Practice101 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyJunction Pharmacy76 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistShakespeare Business Centreright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi141 schools81 primary, 17 secondary, 9 independent, 18 special, 8 nursery, 2 sixth form, 6 otherPrimarySt Saviour's Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 114 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLoughborough Primary Schoolages 2-11, 257 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryArk Evelyn Grace Academyages 11-16, 320 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSouth Bank Colleges1.7 miUniversityLondon South Bank University2.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY7.3 miMajor airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR15 miRailway stationLoughborough JunctionBrixtonunder a mileUndergroundBrixton Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationVictoria Station2.8 miFerryVauxhall St. George Wharf Pier1.7 miBus stops203 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SW9 postcode district.
