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Area insights about Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DD

Locals say

8.3Very Good area

Local architecture / Beauty
9.3
Green spaces
5.6
Prosperity
9.1
Safety
8.6
High street / Retail amenities
8.8
Transport links
9.9
Local community
7.7
Schools
7.6
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  • "Area is very safe and well-connected"
  • "Every amenity is available, but prices are high"
  • "Few residential properties, limited community feel"
  • "Convenient transport links with multiple tube and bus options"
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Data says

Income

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Wealthy area 10/10

Non-deprived area

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Deprivation level 1/10

High crime rate 7/10

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Demographics

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Main ethnic group
White British 64%
Relatively significant presence
White Irish Other White
Main religion
No Religion 45%
Main age band
Aged 40 to 59 37%
Main household type
People living alone 28%
Immediate area
Average for London

Professional occupations

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Residents with degrees

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Noise

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Air quality

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Air quality doesn’t meet EU standards

Flood risk

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No or very low flood risk

Transport

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Good connectivity to public transport 9/9

Transport stations 28 stations within 1 mile

Amenities within 0.5 miles

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Food stores 10+

  • Tesco 0.1 miles supermarket
  • Tesco Express 0.2 miles supermarket
  • Marks & Spencer 0.2 miles supermarket
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Schools

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Classification

European Enclaves (Smaller area)

Many residents of these accessible neighbourhoods have wide-ranging non-UK European origins. Typically residing in privately rented flats, many residents live alone and are beyond normal retirement age. There are more students than elsewhere in the Supergroup, some of which live in communal establishments. Household residents are often drawn from different ethnic groups.

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles (Wider area)

These London neighbourhood residents are predominantly White, educated and secular. Many are employed in professional occupations and live in owned or private rented sector terraced houses.

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

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