South Hampstead

Camden · London · population 8,245 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,801 of 6,856 in England
  • #196 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 27 in Camden
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,076
Median age (est.)35
Density14,936per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above73%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 45%45–64 21%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 18%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 35%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 41% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional41%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional20%
Administrative5%
Caring & leisure3%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary2%
Skilled trades2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 14%Black: 5%Mixed: 6%Other: 7%
White 68%Asian 14%Black 5%Mixed 6%Other 7%

Religion & identity

No religion 38% · Christian 30% · Jewish 8%

Born outside the UK: 50%

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

South Hampstead is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,801 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (89) but weak on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £817,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 90 sales), 7% above the wider Camden median of £765,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,592 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £65,445 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 64 · #2,445
Employment 79 · #1,417
Education 89 · #745
Health 75 · #1,698
Crime 70 · #2,041
Housing & access 64 · #2,493
Living environment 18 · #5,640

House prices ?

£817,500median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£817,50090+5.5%+6.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,275,0288-60.8%
Flat£697,50076-5.7%-7.8%
This area£817,500
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)£65,445±£9,669 · #57 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£54,773
Price-to-income ?12.5×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 →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 534 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #3,195 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences119
Theft125
Burglary71
Vehicle crime107
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons34
Drugs32
Robbery9
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 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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