Food area · London, United Kingdom
Opening a cafe or restaurant in Brixton, London
What stands out
264 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km: one for every 200 residents, against one for every 315 in the surrounding 3 km.
About 52,700 people live within 1 km, a big pool of locals for a food street.
Brixton is the nearest station or bus station, 50 m away.
- Residents within 1 km
- 52,700
- Median age 40.1, against 40.1 within 3 km
- Largest adult age group
- 65+
- 19% of residents, against 19% within 3 km
- Food and drink places within 1 km
- 264
- One per 200 residents, against one per 315 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 3 stations and 37 offices within 1 km
Measured from Brixton Road near Brixton station on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 52,700 residents within 1 km
The age mix here is close to the surrounding area's.
Figure 1
Share of all residents, by age group
Within 1 kmSurrounding area, 3 km
Each bar is the group’s share of all residents. The tag on the right: how much more or less common the group is here.
2Which kinds of place fit
No common kind of place stands out for the residents
This shows how well the usual regulars of 10 common kinds of place match the residents, against the surrounding 3 km. It’s a rough guide, and your own concept may draw a different crowd.
| Kind of place | Match with residents | Already within 1 km | Free check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pho or noodles | Partial match | 1 Vietnamese and noodle placeAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Coffee shop | Partial match | 58 cafes and coffee shopsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | Partial match | 57 cafes and brunch placesMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bakery | Partial match | 12 bakeriesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Bubble tea | Partial match | 1 bubble tea and tea shopFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
| Pizza | Partial match | 12 pizza placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | Partial match | 7 burger placesMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | Partial match | 16 chicken placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Sushi | Partial match | 11 sushi and Japanese placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bar | Partial match | 40 bars and pubsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bar |
3What’s already here
264 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 200 residents, against one for every 315 in the surrounding 3 km.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: chicken (16), Caribbean (12), pizza (11), Japanese (9), Chinese (8) and burger (7).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- GreggsFast food, sandwich, bakery 20 mwest
- Healthy EatersRestaurant, jamaican 30 msouth-east
- Five GuysFast food, burger 40 mnorth
- Supercute TaproomBar 40 msouth-east
- La NonnaRestaurant 50 msouth-east
- Colombian pasteryBakery 50 msouth
- Franco MancaRestaurant, pizza 60 msouth-east
- Wild CaperCafe 60 msouth-east
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
3 stations, 37 offices and 14 schools within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 3 stationsNearest: Brixton, 50 m north-west
- 37 offices
- 14 schoolsNearest: St Helen's Catholic Primary School, 540 m north
- 1 hospitalNearest: Lambeth Hospital, 670 m north-west
- 9 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Morleys, 90 m west
- 3 hotels and hostelsNearest: Premier Inn, 70 m south-west
- 1 attraction or museumNearest: Black Cultural Archive, 200 m south
5Limits
What this page can’t tell you
- Residents aren't diners. Workers and visitors who live elsewhere aren't counted, and the ages are 2020 estimates.
- The map misses places, and says nothing about how busy any of them is.
- Nothing here covers the lease: rent, visibility and parking.
Two checks only you can do: count who walks past at your hours, and test the rent against cautious sales. For census counts, see the ONS local statistics for London.
Nearby food areas
- Soho5.8 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.