Dulwich Hill
Southwark · London · population 9,565 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,069 of 6,856 in England
- #326 of 1,002 in London
- #7 of 34 in Southwark
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 34% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 34% |
| Associate professional | 19% |
| Managers & directors | 18% |
| Caring & leisure | 6% |
| Elementary | 6% |
| Administrative | 6% |
| Skilled trades | 5% |
| Sales & customer service | 4% |
| Process & plant | 2% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 45% · Christian 41% · Muslim 5%
Born outside the UK: 29%
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
Dulwich Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,069 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £625,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 133 sales), 16% above the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,263 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 70 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £625,000 | 133 | +4.2% | -10.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
| Semi-detached | £1,310,000 | 23 | +9.6% | +28.4% |
| Terraced | £840,500 | 28 | -11.5% | -9.7% |
| Flat | £487,500 | 79 | +7.1% | +8.3% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #6,131 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #3,561 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 179 |
| Theft | 251 |
| Burglary | 35 |
| Vehicle crime | 89 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 37 |
| Public order & weapons | 42 |
| Drugs | 17 |
| Robbery | 15 |
| Other | 8 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 167 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
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