Kennington is mostly people in their thirties who rent, split between social tenants and private renters, with owners in a small minority. About a quarter of households own their home. Nearly half rent from the council or a housing association. The typical resident is in their mid-thirties, and more than half have a degree. A council tenancy and a well-paid job can be next door to each other on the same landing.
The figures on this page come from the 2021 Census unless stated otherwise. About 24% of Kennington's households own their home, about 26% rent privately and about 47% rent from the council or a housing association. Social housing is the most common tenure here. Private renters and owners together make up only about half of the district.
The median age is 34, and about 38% of residents are between 25 and 44. That is a district of working adults in their prime earning years. Older and younger residents are a smaller part of the picture.
The Office for National Statistics models Kennington's median household income at about £70,500 before tax for the financial year to March 2023. That is a modelled average across the area, a few years old now, and it combines a wide range of incomes in one figure. After tax, the equivalent comes to about £50,400. In Lambeth, a lot of that goes on rent.
About 37% of households are one person living alone. About 9% are single pensioners, which is a part of that same group. About 9% are couples with children and about 16% are lone-parent families. One person on their own is the most common household here, and most homes are small enough that this makes sense.
About 55% of residents have a degree, while about 14% have no formal qualifications. Only about 3% are full-time students, which is low for somewhere this close to the universities. Many people in Kennington have finished studying and are working in town.
About 85% of residents describe their health as good or very good, and about 5% as bad or very bad. Across Lambeth, preventable deaths run at a rate similar to England's, and so does smoking, at about 11% of adults. Those borough-wide comparisons are close to the national picture in both cases.
Kennington's population is middling overall: a young, educated, working district where most people rent, and where social housing is the biggest single part of the mix.