Clapham Old Town

Lambeth · London · population 7,486 · 5 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,364 of 6,856 in England
  • #372 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 35 in Lambeth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,539
Median age (est.)33
Density11,108per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above67%
No car or van58%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 13%25–44 46%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 24%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 10%Other: 24%
One person 33%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 10%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 19%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors19%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 5%Black: 14%Mixed: 7%Other: 3%
White 72%Asian 5%Black 14%Mixed 7%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 43% · 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

Clapham Old Town sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,364 of 6,856 in England, and #5 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (85) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £630,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 112 sales), 18% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,675 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 121 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 58 · #2,857
Employment 65 · #2,418
Education 85 · #1,006
Health 59 · #2,809
Crime 33 · #4,598
Housing & access 32 · #4,639
Living environment 9 · #6,209

House prices ?

£630,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£630,000112-1.6%-11.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,045,00034-16.4%-21.0%
Flat£540,60076-9.1%+0.1%
This area£630,000
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)£54,675±£8,099 · #493 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£56,765
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

121 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 904 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #5,476 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences198
Theft387
Burglary65
Vehicle crime97
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons45
Drugs40
Robbery39
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 194 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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