Elmers End

Bromley · London · population 7,806 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,369 of 6,856 in England
  • #147 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 39 in Bromley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,895
Median age (est.)41
Density5,233per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above46%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 9%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional17%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 6%Black: 6%Mixed: 7%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 6%Black 6%Mixed 7%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Elmers End is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,369 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 39 in Bromley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (89) but weak on Living environment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £600,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 98 sales), 14% above the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £58,328 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,588
Employment 76 · #1,657
Education 83 · #1,150
Health 89 · #773
Crime 67 · #2,281
Housing & access 76 · #1,636
Living environment 29 · #4,865

House prices ?

£600,000median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£600,00098-2.4%+11.1%
Detached£780,0007
Semi-detached£700,00027-12.5%+18.6%
Terraced£600,00053-1.6%+12.7%
Flat£272,50011+2.8%+2.8%
This area£600,000
Bromley£525,000
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)£58,328±£8,413 · #254 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£52,351
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 420 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #2,399 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences127
Theft87
Burglary24
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons31
Drugs20
Robbery16
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 92 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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