St Margarets

Richmond upon Thames · London · population 6,562 · 4 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #327 of 6,856 in England
  • #31 of 1,002 in London
  • #3 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,586
Median age (est.)41
Density8,290per km²
No qualifications5%
Degree or above70%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 31%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 4%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 7%Other: 12%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 7%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Managers & directors 27% · Associate professional 21%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Managers & directors27%
Associate professional21%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades3%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 43% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

St Margarets is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #327 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #3 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £860,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 77 sales), 20% 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 #6,617 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £77,903 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 98 · #149
Employment 99 · #46
Education 100 · #5
Health 99 · #39
Crime 88 · #834
Housing & access 100 · #5
Living environment 9 · #6,257

House prices ?

£860,000median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£860,00077+3.0%-4.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£1,616,37512+6.0%+65.4%
Terraced£1,100,00030+1.4%+11.8%
Flat£502,50034-0.5%+0.7%
This area£860,000
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)£77,903±£12,466 · #8 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£52,724
Price-to-income ?11.0×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 302 offences
Richmond upon Thames59
London102
England83

Rank #1,772 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences68
Theft34
Burglary19
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson91
Public order & weapons16
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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