West Drayton West

Hillingdon · London · population 9,688 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,372 of 6,856 in England
  • #795 of 1,002 in London
  • #30 of 32 in Hillingdon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,578
Median age (est.)35
Density6,100per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above35%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 25%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 16%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 16%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 12% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 27%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 53%Asian 27%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 23% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

West Drayton West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,372 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 32 in Hillingdon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (35) and lowest on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 53 sales), 8% below the wider Hillingdon median of £512,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,923 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 23 · #5,290
Employment 35 · #4,461
Education 33 · #4,584
Health 35 · #4,447
Crime 19 · #5,557
Housing & access 3 · #6,627
Living environment 29 · #4,838

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=53
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,00053+4.4%+19.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£550,00021+5.8%+18.3%
Terraced£475,0009+8.0%+28.0%
Flat£272,00021+2.6%-10.1%
This area£470,000
Hillingdon£512,000
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)£48,923±£6,994 · #1,250 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,291
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 763 offences
Hillingdon100
London102
England83

Rank #4,020 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences300
Theft97
Burglary59
Vehicle crime120
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons50
Drugs37
Robbery12
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 300 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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