Bexleyheath Broadway

Bexley · London · population 8,993 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,219 of 6,856 in England
  • #235 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 28 in Bexley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,769
Median age (est.)41
Density5,322per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 6%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative14%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 13%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 76%Asian 13%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 35% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 22%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bexleyheath Broadway is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,219 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 28 in Bexley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Living environment (28). Typical homes here sold for about £430,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 153 sales), in line with the wider Bexley median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,274 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 169 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 62 · #2,596
Employment 69 · #2,137
Education 74 · #1,746
Health 60 · #2,747
Crime 32 · #4,646
Housing & access 95 · #368
Living environment 28 · #4,927

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +16.2% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,000153+16.2%+17.8%
Detached£706,0005+50.2%
Semi-detached£496,25052+1.3%+5.0%
Terraced£450,000440.0%+18.4%
Flat£282,50052-4.2%+5.2%
This area£430,000
Bexley£430,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,274±£7,204 · #1,021 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,137
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

169 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,521 offences
Bexley64
London102
England83

Rank #6,036 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences490
Theft468
Burglary43
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson96
Public order & weapons158
Drugs131
Robbery52
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 351 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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