Catford Bridge

Lewisham · London · population 10,047 · 6 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,763 of 6,856 in England
  • #891 of 1,002 in London
  • #35 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,272
Median age (est.)36
Density8,860per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above49%
No car or van56%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 39%45–64 24%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 23%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 48%Asian: 11%Black: 28%Mixed: 9%Other: 5%
White 48%Asian 11%Black 28%Mixed 9%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 33% · Muslim 9%

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

Catford Bridge is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,763 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (59) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £435,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 116 sales), 8% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £47,244 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 179 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 20 · #5,475
Employment 19 · #5,557
Education 59 · #2,815
Health 30 · #4,797
Crime 12 · #6,058
Housing & access 17 · #5,681
Living environment 4 · #6,613

House prices ?

£435,000median (12m) · +6.4% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£435,000116+6.4%+2.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£870,0007+27.5%+21.7%
Terraced£648,00041+18.0%+11.4%
Flat£346,78568-4.5%-0.9%
This area£435,000
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)£47,244±£6,817 · #1,593 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,184
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

179 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,802 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #6,092 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences623
Theft491
Burglary72
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons180
Drugs161
Robbery98
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 492 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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