Forest Hill East

Lewisham · London · population 7,643 · 5 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Forest Hill East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,522 of 6,856 in England, and #5 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (91) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £570,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 117 sales), 21% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,837
Employment 48 · #3,590
Education 91 · #629
Health 49 · #3,474
Crime 43 · #3,905
Housing & access 45 · #3,768
Living environment 9 · #6,236

House prices ?

£570,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£570,000117+1.8%+9.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£600,00015-30.2%-22.6%
Terraced£750,00047+7.1%+9.5%
Flat£425,21054+3.6%+7.0%
This area£570,000
Lewisham£472,500
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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