Primrose Hill

Camden · London · population 7,665 · 5 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,720 of 6,856 in England
  • #430 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 27 in Camden
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,591
Median age (est.)38
Density9,835per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above63%
No car or van58%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 33%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 42%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional20%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative5%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 12%Black: 7%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 69%Asian 12%Black 7%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 36% · Christian 36% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Primrose Hill sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,720 of 6,856 in England, and #12 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (75) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £925,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 48 sales), 21% above the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,199 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 165 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 43 · #3,878
Employment 44 · #3,809
Education 75 · #1,705
Health 60 · #2,754
Crime 35 · #4,481
Housing & access 52 · #3,309
Living environment 14 · #5,887

House prices ?

£925,000median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£925,00048-4.0%+15.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£2,750,00011-1.8%-15.1%
Flat£734,75036-12.8%+0.3%
This area£925,000
Camden£765,000
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)£56,199±£8,467 · #372 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,334
Price-to-income ?16.5×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 →

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Recorded crime ?

165 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,262 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #6,007 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences300
Theft578
Burglary57
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons80
Drugs66
Robbery34
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 389 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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