Ladywell

Lewisham · London · population 7,098 · 4 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,015 of 6,856 in England
  • #484 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,191
Median age (est.)36
Density7,551per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above56%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 35%45–64 25%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 22%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 8%Black: 22%Mixed: 9%Other: 4%
White 57%Asian 8%Black 22%Mixed 9%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 38% · Muslim 7%

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

Ladywell is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,015 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (82) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £530,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 78 sales), 12% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £53,851 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 63 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,851
Employment 42 · #4,001
Education 82 · #1,239
Health 40 · #4,145
Crime 39 · #4,173
Housing & access 28 · #4,927
Living environment 12 · #5,996

House prices ?

£530,000median (12m) · -7.0% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£530,00078-7.0%-7.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£952,5006+32.8%+33.7%
Terraced£785,00031+1.8%+4.3%
Flat£412,50040+10.0%+4.4%
This area£530,000
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)£53,851±£7,701 · #579 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,960
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 444 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,043 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft73
Burglary24
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons35
Drugs37
Robbery25
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 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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