Longlands & Halfway

Bexley · London · population 8,014 · 5 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #389 of 6,856 in England
  • #38 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 28 in Bexley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,871
Median age (est.)43
Density5,754per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 45%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 45%Social rent 5%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 20%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 39%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 20%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 39%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 16% · Administrative 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional16%
Administrative15%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Longlands & Halfway is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #389 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 28 in Bexley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (98) and lowest on Living environment (62). Typical homes here sold for about £550,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 100 sales), 28% above the wider Bexley median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,760 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 25 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 91 · #594
Employment 87 · #903
Education 75 · #1,739
Health 84 · #1,129
Crime 98 · #128
Housing & access 90 · #656
Living environment 62 · #2,603

House prices ?

£550,000median (12m) · +0.3% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£550,000100+0.3%+18.3%
Detached£818,5006+39.3%
Semi-detached£610,00056+5.6%+17.3%
Terraced£500,00029-3.1%+22.2%
Flat£305,0009+11.3%
This area£550,000
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)£53,760±£7,753 · #594 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,774
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

25 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 200 offences
Bexley64
London102
England83

Rank #164 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences69
Theft29
Burglary17
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons13
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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