Camberwell Green

Southwark · London · population 11,452 · 6 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,242 of 6,856 in England
  • #759 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,311
Median age (est.)34
Density16,604per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above49%
No car or van70%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 38%45–64 25%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 55%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 55%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 19%Other: 18%
One person 36%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 19%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary17%
Associate professional16%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 8%Black: 39%Mixed: 7%Other: 10%
White 36%Asian 8%Black 39%Mixed 7%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 28% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Camberwell Green is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,242 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (59) and lowest on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £395,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 94 sales), 27% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,369 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 156 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,441
Employment 30 · #4,803
Education 59 · #2,788
Health 38 · #4,262
Crime 14 · #5,914
Housing & access 16 · #5,722
Living environment 10 · #6,195

House prices ?

£395,000median (12m) · -4.5% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£395,00094-4.5%-6.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£955,0007+31.0%
Flat£388,50086-3.5%-3.6%
This area£395,000
Southwark£540,000
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)£46,369±£6,588 · #1,762 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,433
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

156 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,789 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #5,956 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences523
Theft721
Burglary89
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons99
Drugs87
Robbery85
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 440 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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