Mortlake & South Barnes

Richmond upon Thames · London · population 11,360 · 7 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,527 of 6,856 in England
  • #166 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,376
Median age (est.)40
Density6,171per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above65%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 7%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 15%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 19%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional19%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service3%
Skilled trades3%
Elementary3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 84%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 37% · Muslim 4%

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

Mortlake & South Barnes is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,527 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £793,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 177 sales), 11% above the wider Richmond upon Thames median of £717,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,539 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £68,172 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 69 · #2,130
Employment 78 · #1,534
Education 98 · #121
Health 97 · #183
Crime 60 · #2,726
Housing & access 98 · #101
Living environment 6 · #6,469

House prices ?

£793,000median (12m) · -11.4% yr · n=177
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£793,000177-11.4%-3.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£1,315,00013-8.5%+2.2%
Terraced£1,187,50082+6.0%+12.0%
Flat£485,00081-6.7%-9.2%
This area£793,000
Richmond upon Thames£717,500
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)£68,172±£10,234 · #36 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£53,473
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 733 offences
Richmond upon Thames59
London102
England83

Rank #3,171 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft134
Burglary56
Vehicle crime172
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons55
Drugs35
Robbery18
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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