Camberwell North

Southwark · London · population 9,956 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,358 of 6,856 in England
  • #552 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,881
Median age (est.)34
Density17,966per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above50%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 14%25–44 39%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 47%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 17%Other: 19%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 17%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 18% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional18%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 43%Asian: 8%Black: 34%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 43%Asian 8%Black 34%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 33% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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 North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,358 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (63) and lowest on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £413,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 84 sales), 23% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,579 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 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 27 · #4,989
Employment 37 · #4,330
Education 63 · #2,548
Health 43 · #3,892
Crime 37 · #4,330
Housing & access 23 · #5,297
Living environment 27 · #4,995

House prices ?

£413,500median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£413,50084-1.5%-1.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£805,00013+0.6%+18.8%
Flat£367,00071-8.2%-0.8%
This area£413,500
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)£49,579±£7,042 · #1,131 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,856
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 756 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #3,872 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft193
Burglary72
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons57
Drugs53
Robbery26
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 185 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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