Tulse Hill

Lambeth · London · population 8,418 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,372 of 6,856 in England
  • #795 of 1,002 in London
  • #33 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,629
Median age (est.)34
Density14,129per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above42%
No car or van58%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 14%25–44 34%45–64 25%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 57%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 57%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 25%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 25%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 16% · Elementary 16%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional16%
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 5%Black: 43%Mixed: 8%Other: 8%
White 36%Asian 5%Black 43%Mixed 8%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 26% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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

Tulse Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,372 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 35 in Lambeth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (42) and lowest on Income (13). Typical homes here sold for about £409,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 56 sales), 24% below the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,809 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,976
Employment 18 · #5,612
Education 42 · #3,995
Health 30 · #4,762
Crime 30 · #4,783
Housing & access 26 · #5,064
Living environment 31 · #4,742

House prices ?

£409,000median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=56
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£409,00056-4.9%-4.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£545,00011-25.6%
Flat£387,00045+0.5%-1.1%
This area£409,000
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)£47,809±£6,992 · #1,478 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,778
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 525 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #3,029 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences250
Theft85
Burglary22
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons38
Drugs32
Robbery24
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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