Eltham West

Greenwich · London · population 8,515 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,187 of 6,856 in England
  • #744 of 1,002 in London
  • #25 of 35 in Greenwich
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,470
Median age (est.)38
Density6,062per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above33%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 40%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 18%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 18%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary13%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 9%Black: 12%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 70%Asian 9%Black 12%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 36% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Eltham West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,187 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 35 in Greenwich. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (34) and lowest on Income (20). Typical homes here sold for about £450,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 67 sales), in line with the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,384 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 20 · #5,516
Employment 21 · #5,420
Education 32 · #4,680
Health 28 · #4,913
Crime 34 · #4,522
Housing & access 32 · #4,639
Living environment 25 · #5,132

House prices ?

£450,000median (12m) · -1.1% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£450,00067-1.1%+14.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£457,50016-3.7%+12.1%
Terraced£445,00046-2.9%+8.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£450,000
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)£48,384±£7,006 · #1,381 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,064
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 545 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #3,133 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences235
Theft78
Burglary31
Vehicle crime58
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons47
Drugs37
Robbery16
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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