Mottingham East

Greenwich · London · population 7,099 · 4 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,742 of 6,856 in England
  • #637 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 35 in Greenwich
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,048
Median age (est.)39
Density5,608per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above35%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 31%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 16%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 16%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

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 35% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Mottingham East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,742 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 35 in Greenwich. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (48) and lowest on Employment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £436,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 42 sales), 5% below the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,137 a year, in the top third of England. 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 29 · #4,886
Employment 24 · #5,180
Education 40 · #4,091
Health 35 · #4,468
Crime 29 · #4,879
Housing & access 36 · #4,385
Living environment 48 · #3,570

House prices ?

£436,250median (12m) · -10.8% yr · n=42
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£436,25042-10.8%+6.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£647,00020+21.5%+32.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£302,00014+10.2%-9.9%
This area£436,250
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)£48,137±£6,938 · #1,425 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,907
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 464 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #3,237 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences159
Theft53
Burglary23
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons39
Drugs51
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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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