Woolwich Common

Greenwich · London · population 6,894 · 4 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,146 of 6,856 in England
  • #737 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 35 in Greenwich
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,625
Median age (est.)33
Density3,564per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above42%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 14%25–44 35%45–64 24%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 46%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 46%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 19%Other: 12%
One person 35%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 19%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 20% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional20%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 13%Black: 34%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 44%Asian 13%Black 34%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 32% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Woolwich Common is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,146 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 35 in Greenwich. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (50) and lowest on Income (16). Typical homes here sold for about £326,000 over the past year, down 27% across five years (from 32 sales), 29% below the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,881 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 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 16 · #5,777
Employment 26 · #5,043
Education 50 · #3,391
Health 21 · #5,400
Crime 25 · #5,126
Housing & access 24 · #5,187
Living environment 43 · #3,926

House prices ?

£326,000median (12m) · -4.5% yr · n=32
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£326,00032-4.5%-27.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£298,50028-1.3%-33.5%
This area£326,000
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)£45,881±£6,466 · #1,879 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,926
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 936 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #5,739 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences478
Theft105
Burglary30
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson91
Public order & weapons94
Drugs38
Robbery22
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 196 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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