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Area insights about Croydon, borough
Income
View »Includes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 4/10 - 9/10
Deprivation
View »Composed of non-deprived areas by 49%
Professional occupations
View »Average % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 5/10
Residents with degrees
View »Average % of residents are degree-educated or similar 6/10
Crime
View »Low crime rate 4/10
Demographics
View »- Main ethnic group
- White British 37%
- Main religion
- Christian 49%
- Main age band
- Aged 20 to 39 29%
- Main household type
- Single-family: with dependent children 29%
Croydon (borough)
Average for London
Noise
View »- 15.9% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View »The area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Gatwick Express
- Southern
- Thameslink
- Overground
- London Overground
- Tram
- London Trams
Schools
View »132 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 20 schools or 15%
- Good: 79 schools or 60%
- Primary schools: 100 (16 Outstanding, 60 Good)
- Secondary schools: 38 (3 Outstanding, 19 Good)
- State-funded: 111 schools or 84%
- Private: 19 schools or 14%
Flood risk
View »Contains areas that are at risk of flood
Resident reviews
View »6.5Busy road, and train strikes happen. But this area has a lot to offer.
Rebecca Smith, Oct 30 2023
Fairview Road, SW16 5PT
Heavy traffic on the main road and poor transport connectivity related to the occasional train strikes and high distance from the metro – around 30min from Balham or Brixton. ...
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8.3It's a 50/50 area. Fabulous mainly. And beautiful!
Sara, Jan 28 2023
Harrington Road, SE25 4NW
It's a 50/50 area. Down the quiet roads it's wonderful. All the neighbours are very family-orientated and look out for one another. On the main roads it's a bit of a differe...
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