Stockwell South

Lambeth · London · population 9,521 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,564 of 6,856 in England
  • #597 of 1,002 in London
  • #23 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,553
Median age (est.)32
Density18,155per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above56%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 16%25–44 43%45–64 20%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 42%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 16%Other: 27%
One person 30%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 16%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 6%Black: 29%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 53%Asian 6%Black 29%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 38% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Stockwell South is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,564 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (68) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £550,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 83 sales), in line with the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,267 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 100 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 33 · #4,598
Employment 42 · #3,995
Education 68 · #2,212
Health 41 · #4,063
Crime 20 · #5,516
Housing & access 37 · #4,344
Living environment 6 · #6,476

House prices ?

£550,000median (12m) · -7.1% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£550,00083-7.1%+6.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£900,00023-16.7%+2.3%
Flat£455,00057-15.7%-3.2%
This area£550,000
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)£53,267±£7,660 · #640 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,854
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 948 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,918 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences450
Theft183
Burglary37
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons68
Drugs30
Robbery22
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 184 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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