What is the Area Score for Blackfen?

Blackfen in Bexley has an Area Score of 82 out of 100, ranking #1,232 of 6,856 neighbourhoods in England. A higher score means less deprivation.

What is the typical house price in Blackfen?

The median home in Blackfen sold for £432,500 over the past year, based on 104 sales recorded by HM Land Registry.

Is Blackfen good value for money?

On our Affordability-adjusted Score — which combines low deprivation with cheaper-than-average prices — Blackfen ranks #3,276 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods in England.

Blackfen

Bexley · London · population 7,906 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode DA15 · DA16 · DA5

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

82Area Score / 100 ?

#1,232 of 6,856 in England
#123 of 1,002 in London
#10 of 28 in Bexley
Least deprived 10-20%

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In summary

Blackfen is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,232 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 28 in Bexley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Living environment (36). Typical homes here sold for about £432,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 104 sales), in line with the wider Bexley median of £430,000.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 74 · #1,774

Employment 78 · #1,486

Education 62 · #2,603

Health 76 · #1,630

Crime 73 · #1,849

Housing & access 92 · #512

Living environment 36 · #4,378

House prices ?

£432,500median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=104

Type	Median (12m)	Sales	1yr	5yr
All homes	£432,500	104	+2.4%	+14.9%
Detached	Too few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached	£499,500	29	+2.5%	+4.6%
Terraced	£413,500	66	+3.4%	+14.9%
Flat	£230,000	5	-15.6%	-2.1%

This area£432,500

Bexley£430,000

London£525,512

England£300,000

Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100

#3,276 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.

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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Lamorbey Welling Danson Park Albany Park Falconwood Bexleyheath Broadway

Other areas in Bexley

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.

Tattenhoe & Emerson ValleyMilton Keynes82£405,000
Mayfield & WadhurstWealden82£510,000
Sutton NorthSutton82£530,000
Lostock & LadybridgeBolton82£316,000
Ruskington West & CranwellNorth Kesteven82£224,000
Notting Hill SouthKensington and Chelsea82£1,500,000