Broad Green & Waddon Marsh

Croydon · London · population 9,607 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,653 of 6,856 in England
  • #864 of 1,002 in London
  • #40 of 45 in Croydon
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,459
Median age (est.)34
Density7,622per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above32%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 14%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 26%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 22%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 22%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 14% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary14%
Sales & customer service13%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 27%Asian: 34%Black: 27%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 27%Asian 34%Black 27%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · Muslim 17% · No religion 15%

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

Broad Green & Waddon Marsh is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,653 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #40 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (46) and lowest on Income (10). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 49 sales), 14% below the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,732 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 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 10 · #6,154
Employment 22 · #5,352
Education 30 · #4,824
Health 46 · #3,686
Crime 16 · #5,777
Housing & access 23 · #5,283
Living environment 15 · #5,797

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,000490.0%+9.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£315,0005-22.9%-12.0%
Terraced£375,000360.0%+11.9%
Flat£244,5008+22.2%-2.6%
This area£365,000
Croydon£425,000
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)£44,732±£6,474 · #2,135 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,542
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,108 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #5,343 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences408
Theft194
Burglary55
Vehicle crime135
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons99
Drugs77
Robbery47
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 253 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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