West Dulwich

Lambeth · London · population 9,580 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,282 of 6,856 in England
  • #527 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,808
Median age (est.)36
Density9,047per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above57%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 33%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 16%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 16%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 5%Black: 22%Mixed: 9%Other: 4%
White 60%Asian 5%Black 22%Mixed 9%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 41% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

West Dulwich is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,282 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (65) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 109 sales), 7% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,920 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 75 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 36 · #4,358
Employment 41 · #4,022
Education 65 · #2,370
Health 57 · #2,946
Crime 37 · #4,310
Housing & access 44 · #3,809
Living environment 3 · #6,634

House prices ?

£575,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£575,000109+2.7%+7.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£1,745,0006+10.1%+28.3%
Terraced£879,97526-5.4%+10.0%
Flat£495,00077+10.0%+8.8%
This area£575,000
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)£55,920±£7,916 · #397 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,423
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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 722 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #3,847 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences243
Theft155
Burglary49
Vehicle crime89
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons53
Drugs46
Robbery22
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 155 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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