Charlton Riverside & Woolwich Dockyard

Greenwich · London · population 7,674 · 4 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,503 of 6,856 in England
  • #828 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 35 in Greenwich
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,644
Median age (est.)33
Density5,306per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above45%
No car or van60%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 41%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 42%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 36%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Elementary15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 41%Asian: 17%Black: 31%Mixed: 6%Other: 4%
White 41%Asian 17%Black 31%Mixed 6%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 25% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 51%

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

Charlton Riverside & Woolwich Dockyard is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,503 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 35 in Greenwich. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (55) and lowest on Crime (11). Typical homes here sold for about £281,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 39 sales), 39% below the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,440 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 265 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 14 · #5,873
Employment 23 · #5,297
Education 55 · #3,055
Health 28 · #4,961
Crime 11 · #6,099
Housing & access 15 · #5,845
Living environment 27 · #4,995

House prices ?

£281,500median (12m) · +0.5% yr · n=39
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£281,50039+0.5%+2.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£272,00035+1.7%+0.7%
This area£281,500
Greenwich£460,000
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)£48,440±£6,939 · #1,367 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,610
Price-to-income ?5.8×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

265 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,036 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #6,316 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences595
Theft701
Burglary84
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons221
Drugs146
Robbery87
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 364 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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