Catford East & Mountsfield Park

Lewisham · London · population 6,545 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,653 of 6,856 in England
  • #864 of 1,002 in London
  • #33 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,707
Median age (est.)36
Density10,790per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above45%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 37%45–64 25%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 28%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 20%Other: 18%
One person 32%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 20%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 16% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional16%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 40%Asian: 7%Black: 38%Mixed: 9%Other: 6%
White 40%Asian 7%Black 38%Mixed 9%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 30% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 43%

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 East & Mountsfield Park is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,653 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (54) and lowest on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 55 sales), 7% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £46,872 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 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 16 · #5,729
Employment 19 · #5,537
Education 54 · #3,158
Health 31 · #4,728
Crime 16 · #5,791
Housing & access 14 · #5,880
Living environment 6 · #6,476

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +18.9% yr · n=55
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,00055+18.9%+16.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£567,50022-4.6%+3.2%
Flat£370,00029+16.1%+4.8%
This area£440,000
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)£46,872±£6,650 · #1,662 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,551
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 695 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #5,103 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences301
Theft121
Burglary35
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons51
Drugs44
Robbery25
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 196 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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