Herne Hill East

Lambeth · London · population 9,486 · 5 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,755 of 6,856 in England
  • #436 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 35 in Lambeth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,523
Median age (est.)33
Density8,947per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above61%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 14%25–44 39%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 28%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 24%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 7%Black: 22%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 57%Asian 7%Black 22%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 41% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Herne Hill East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,755 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (77) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £585,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 105 sales), 9% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,785 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 145 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,597
Employment 55 · #3,069
Education 77 · #1,602
Health 57 · #2,932
Crime 56 · #2,987
Housing & access 24 · #5,201
Living environment 5 · #6,531

House prices ?

£585,000median (12m) · +6.4% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£585,000105+6.4%-11.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£1,386,6006-21.2%+20.6%
Terraced£1,070,50034+6.8%+15.4%
Flat£495,00064+2.1%-0.5%
This area£585,000
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)£55,785±£8,036 · #408 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,910
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

145 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,373 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #5,861 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences560
Theft386
Burglary55
Vehicle crime101
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons97
Drugs37
Robbery40
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 159 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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