Gipsy Hill

Lambeth · London · population 7,452 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,879 of 6,856 in England
  • #673 of 1,002 in London
  • #29 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,663
Median age (est.)36
Density9,926per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 36%45–64 26%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 35%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 18%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 18%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 5%Black: 26%Mixed: 9%Other: 4%
White 56%Asian 5%Black 26%Mixed 9%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 41% · Muslim 6%

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

Gipsy Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,879 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 35 in Lambeth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (64) and lowest on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 99 sales), 12% below the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,100 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 · #5,283
Employment 24 · #5,174
Education 64 · #2,459
Health 40 · #4,097
Crime 23 · #5,263
Housing & access 40 · #4,125
Living environment 14 · #5,921

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,00099-2.1%-1.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£707,5008-37.1%+0.4%
Terraced£735,000230.0%+5.0%
Flat£395,00068-6.3%-11.2%
This area£470,000
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)£50,100±£7,117 · #1,047 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,280
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 592 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,049 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences222
Theft99
Burglary33
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons46
Drugs38
Robbery23
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 228 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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