Merton Church Road & Phipps Bridge

Merton · London · population 8,557 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,666 of 6,856 in England
  • #622 of 1,002 in London
  • #23 of 25 in Merton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,662
Median age (est.)36
Density9,395per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above40%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 34%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 17%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 17%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 19%Black: 17%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 53%Asian 19%Black 17%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 26% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

Merton Church Road & Phipps Bridge is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,666 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 25 in Merton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (50) and lowest on Income (16). Typical homes here sold for about £391,250 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 48 sales), 29% below the wider Merton median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,427 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 16 · #5,784
Employment 30 · #4,803
Education 37 · #4,289
Health 50 · #3,412
Crime 40 · #4,104
Housing & access 49 · #3,480
Living environment 42 · #3,940

House prices ?

£391,250median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£391,25048-0.9%+10.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£500,00015+21.5%+20.5%
Flat£322,50030-15.1%+3.4%
This area£391,250
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)£48,427±£6,952 · #1,371 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,472
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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 534 offences
Merton61
London102
England83

Rank #3,030 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences217
Theft58
Burglary30
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons51
Drugs44
Robbery9
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 168 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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