Woodside & Ashburton

Croydon · London · population 8,725 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,194 of 6,856 in England
  • #746 of 1,002 in London
  • #35 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,902
Median age (est.)37
Density7,174per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 28%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 27%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 22%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 22%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 43%Asian: 11%Black: 33%Mixed: 10%Other: 4%
White 43%Asian 11%Black 33%Mixed 10%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 27% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Woodside & Ashburton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,194 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (42) and lowest on Income (19). Typical homes here sold for about £423,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 88 sales), in line with the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,674 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,551
Employment 19 · #5,537
Education 42 · #3,981
Health 34 · #4,509
Crime 28 · #4,927
Housing & access 24 · #5,208
Living environment 27 · #5,030

House prices ?

£423,000median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£423,00088+1.9%+16.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£500,00014+22.0%+28.4%
Terraced£450,00041+3.0%+21.6%
Flat£293,75032+15.2%-2.9%
This area£423,000
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)£47,674±£6,747 · #1,503 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,694
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 638 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #3,721 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences288
Theft74
Burglary34
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons60
Drugs27
Robbery11
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 179 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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