Canada Water

Southwark · London · population 10,323 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,721 of 6,856 in England
  • #630 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,217
Median age (est.)32
Density11,445per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above54%
No car or van67%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 14%25–44 43%45–64 20%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 47%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 16%Other: 21%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 16%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 11%Black: 21%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 55%Asian 11%Black 21%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 36% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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

Canada Water is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,721 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (61) and lowest on Crime (15). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 56 sales), 11% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,912 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 128 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,064
Employment 34 · #4,516
Education 61 · #2,672
Health 29 · #4,865
Crime 15 · #5,852
Housing & access 45 · #3,741
Living environment 20 · #5,496

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · +6.0% yr · n=56
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,00056+6.0%-1.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£832,0005+14.4%+5.3%
Flat£468,00051+8.8%+2.3%
This area£480,000
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)£51,912±£7,555 · #801 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,598
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

128 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,324 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #5,617 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences327
Theft625
Burglary35
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons102
Drugs27
Robbery70
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 289 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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