Shepherd's Bush West

Hammersmith and Fulham · London · population 6,806 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,954 of 6,856 in England
  • #691 of 1,002 in London
  • #21 of 25 in Hammersmith and Fulham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,702
Median age (est.)34
Density16,344per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above55%
No car or van67%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 12%25–44 45%45–64 22%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 33%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 40%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary8%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 10%Black: 16%Mixed: 7%Other: 9%
White 57%Asian 10%Black 16%Mixed 7%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 33% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 49%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,954 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 25 in Hammersmith and Fulham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (70) but weak on Crime (8). Typical homes here sold for about £569,192 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 72 sales), 19% below the wider Hammersmith and Fulham median of £699,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,324 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 150 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 25 · #5,167
Employment 33 · #4,598
Education 70 · #2,068
Health 34 · #4,543
Crime 8 · #6,291
Housing & access 45 · #3,755
Living environment 9 · #6,257

House prices ?

£569,192median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£569,19272+7.6%+4.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,210,00018-14.5%-7.2%
Flat£535,00053+16.1%+5.4%
This area£569,192
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)£46,324±£6,804 · #1,772 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,757
Price-to-income ?12.3×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

150 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,019 offences
Hammersmith and Fulham111
London102
England83

Rank #5,902 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences362
Theft222
Burglary47
Vehicle crime75
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons113
Drugs85
Robbery30
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 340 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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