Brixton Hill East

Lambeth · London · population 8,275 · 5 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,741 of 6,856 in England
  • #434 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 35 in Lambeth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,404
Median age (est.)33
Density14,384per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above68%
No car or van58%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 11%25–44 50%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 19%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 9%Other: 28%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 9%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 24% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional24%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary7%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades4%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 4%Black: 17%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 65%Asian 4%Black 17%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 35% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 34%

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

Brixton Hill East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,741 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (85) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £576,060 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 109 sales), 8% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £60,408 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 52 · #3,309
Employment 61 · #2,644
Education 85 · #1,047
Health 49 · #3,467
Crime 26 · #5,050
Housing & access 53 · #3,193
Living environment 2 · #6,716

House prices ?

£576,060median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£576,060109-4.0%-2.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£785,00021-23.9%-9.2%
Flat£535,00082+7.5%+3.9%
This area£576,060
Lambeth£535,000
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)£60,408±£9,286 · #168 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£52,627
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 →

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Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 736 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,501 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences229
Theft153
Burglary36
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons54
Drugs111
Robbery34
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 216 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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