Clapham South

Lambeth · London · population 7,799 · 5 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,096 of 6,856 in England
  • #222 of 1,002 in London
  • #1 of 35 in Lambeth
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,717
Median age (est.)32
Density8,354per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above74%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 13%25–44 44%45–64 20%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 15%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 7%Other: 28%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 7%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 21%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional21%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure4%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Sales & customer service2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 5%Black: 9%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 5%Black 9%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 43% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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 South is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,096 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (92) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here, about £850,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 132 sales), 59% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,666 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £72,251 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 77 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 76 · #1,616
Employment 90 · #697
Education 92 · #574
Health 62 · #2,569
Crime 51 · #3,336
Housing & access 64 · #2,473
Living environment 6 · #6,455

House prices ?

£850,000median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£850,000132-5.0%+31.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£2,470,00011+1.6%+41.1%
Terraced£1,660,00033+0.6%+4.2%
Flat£633,50085-8.5%+22.8%
This area£850,000
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)£72,251±£10,990 · #15 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£66,877
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

77 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 602 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #3,927 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft151
Burglary32
Vehicle crime134
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons34
Drugs16
Robbery31
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 157 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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