Blackheath Village

Lewisham · London · population 6,634 · 4 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,193 of 6,856 in England
  • #346 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,494
Median age (est.)39
Density5,046per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above60%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 36%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 22%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 37%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 19%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors19%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 6%Black: 12%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 70%Asian 6%Black 12%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 42% · Muslim 4%

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

Blackheath Village sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,193 of 6,856 in England, and #4 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (87) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £615,000 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 81 sales), 30% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £57,623 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 128 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 50 · #3,412
Employment 57 · #2,932
Education 87 · #876
Health 71 · #1,972
Crime 44 · #3,809
Housing & access 42 · #3,953
Living environment 8 · #6,291

House prices ?

£615,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£615,00081-1.6%-0.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£1,065,0005-18.1%+15.1%
Terraced£950,00027+21.8%+37.7%
Flat£450,00047+21.2%+7.5%
This area£615,000
Lewisham£472,500
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)£57,623±£8,194 · #288 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,526
Price-to-income ?10.7×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
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Recorded crime ?

128 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 852 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #5,623 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft393
Burglary41
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons53
Drugs32
Robbery16
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 149 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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