Shepherd's Bush South

Hammersmith and Fulham · London · population 6,414 · 4 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,330 of 6,856 in England
  • #539 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 25 in Hammersmith and Fulham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,431
Median age (est.)34
Density21,859per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above60%
No car or van67%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 12%25–44 43%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 27%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 42%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 11%Black: 11%Mixed: 7%Other: 9%
White 63%Asian 11%Black 11%Mixed 7%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 34% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 52%

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

Shepherd's Bush South is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,330 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 25 in Hammersmith and Fulham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (84) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £532,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 73 sales), 24% below the wider Hammersmith and Fulham median of £699,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,954 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 141 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 35 · #4,461
Employment 42 · #3,974
Education 84 · #1,095
Health 39 · #4,200
Crime 20 · #5,496
Housing & access 42 · #3,988
Living environment 9 · #6,257

House prices ?

£532,000median (12m) · +10.9% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£532,00073+10.9%+8.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,030,9606-59.6%-10.4%
Flat£516,50066+14.8%+10.5%
This area£532,000
Hammersmith and Fulham£699,000
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)£52,954±£7,742 · #674 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,821
Price-to-income ?10.0×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

141 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 905 offences
Hammersmith and Fulham111
London102
England83

Rank #5,820 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences256
Theft288
Burglary55
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons86
Drugs47
Robbery35
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 342 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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