Hither Green

Lewisham · London · population 7,965 · 5 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,495 of 6,856 in England
  • #579 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,973
Median age (est.)36
Density12,414per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above53%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 8%25–44 42%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 20%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 11%Black: 23%Mixed: 10%Other: 4%
White 52%Asian 11%Black 23%Mixed 10%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 39% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Hither Green is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,495 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (77) but weak on Living environment (17). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 117 sales), 7% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £54,376 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 32 · #4,666
Employment 33 · #4,591
Education 77 · #1,595
Health 34 · #4,557
Crime 28 · #4,920
Housing & access 26 · #5,050
Living environment 17 · #5,688

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,000117+1.4%+10.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£735,54041+9.0%+31.1%
Flat£363,47073+1.0%+1.5%
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)£54,376±£7,744 · #525 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,950
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 721 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #4,571 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences351
Theft106
Burglary36
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons69
Drugs28
Robbery12
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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