Coldharbour Ward

Loughborough Road and Lilford Road bound Coldharbour to the north. The boundary then follows the railway line south to Derek Walcott Close where it then meanders across the Railton Road and down Barnwell and Morval Roads. At the Junction with the A204 Effra Road the boundary turns north and meets with the A23 Brixton Road where it follows north until meeting again at the junction with Loughborough Road. View a ward map

• Brixton Tube Station, Brixton Railway Station and Loughborough Junction Railway Station are all in the ward.
• Primary schools include Loughborough, St John's Angell Town and Hill Mead.
• Sports facilities include Brixton Recreation Centre.
• Brixton Central Library is in the ward.
• Brixton Police Station is located in the ward.
• The main housing estates are Angell Town, Loughborough, Rushcroft Road, Bob Marley Way, Marcus Garvey Way and Moorlands.
• Parks and green spaces include Max Roach Park.

Statistics

The National Statistics page on Coldharbour ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.

• Download 2001 census data tables

Headline statistics

• Coldharbour has the largest ward population in the borough. It rose from 13,272 in 1991 to 14,376, an increase of 8.3%. This is 5.4% of the borough population.
• Coldharbour has an area of 121.0 hectares (4.4% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 9,762 electors.
• White British people make up only 33% of Coldharbour ward, compared to 49% of the borough population. There has been a large percentage decrease in White people between 1991 and 2001 and a large increase in Asian people. There has also been a large percentage decrease in the 16 to 24 age group since the 1991 Census.
• Coldharbour has an above average population with a long-term limiting illness, especially between the ages 0 to 15. It has also the largest population in Lambeth of residents in poor health.
• Coldharbour has a high proportion of children in lone parent families, and a low proportion of children in married families.
• Coldharbour has a low economic activity rate amongst 16-24 year olds, due to large numbers of full-time students who do not work.
• Coldharbour is one the most deprived wards as measured by the Census deprivation score (employment, education health and housing) with the highest proportion of deprived households, and one of the highest proportions of severely deprived households.