Orpington West

Bromley · London · population 8,658 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,198 of 6,856 in England
  • #119 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 39 in Bromley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,528
Median age (est.)41
Density4,088per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above45%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 16%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 74%Asian 16%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 35% · Hindu 5%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Orpington West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,198 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 39 in Bromley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (90) and lowest on Living environment (48). Typical homes here sold for about £465,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 116 sales), 11% below the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £57,128 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 110 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 71 · #1,965
Employment 77 · #1,554
Education 86 · #971
Health 90 · #704
Crime 56 · #2,987
Housing & access 77 · #1,575
Living environment 48 · #3,570

House prices ?

£465,500median (12m) · +4.0% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,500116+4.0%+12.7%
Detached£930,00035+5.7%+7.7%
Semi-detached£585,00021-5.6%+14.7%
Terraced£428,50030+5.1%+15.0%
Flat£293,50030+4.4%+10.3%
This area£465,500
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)£57,128±£8,151 · #322 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,243
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

110 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 951 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #5,205 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft339
Burglary46
Vehicle crime105
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons81
Drugs25
Robbery34
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 213 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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