Colliers Wood

Merton · London · population 9,909 · 6 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,472 of 6,856 in England
  • #160 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 25 in Merton
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,853
Median age (est.)34
Density9,406per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above59%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 49%45–64 20%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 26%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 26%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 15%Black: 8%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 65%Asian 15%Black 8%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 37% · 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

Colliers Wood is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,472 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 25 in Merton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (90) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 144 sales), 14% below the wider Merton median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,493 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 80 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 59 · #2,815
Employment 85 · #1,033
Education 90 · #656
Health 84 · #1,115
Crime 52 · #3,323
Housing & access 85 · #1,019
Living environment 20 · #5,475

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=144
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000144+5.6%+1.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£853,0008-0.8%+8.5%
Terraced£850,00031+28.0%+24.1%
Flat£430,000105+2.0%+4.9%
This area£475,000
Merton£550,000
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)£54,493±£7,855 · #511 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£51,428
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 792 offences
Merton61
London102
England83

Rank #4,076 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences219
Theft303
Burglary40
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons55
Drugs38
Robbery22
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 225 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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