East Dulwich

Southwark · London · population 8,416 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,850 of 6,856 in England
  • #297 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 34 in Southwark
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,294
Median age (est.)36
Density10,975per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above67%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 8%25–44 39%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 16%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional20%
Administrative6%
Elementary4%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades4%
Sales & customer service3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 7%Black: 11%Mixed: 8%Other: 3%
White 72%Asian 7%Black 11%Mixed 8%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 36% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

East Dulwich is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,850 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (97) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £830,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 129 sales), 54% above the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,661 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 66 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.

Income 72 · #1,931
Employment 73 · #1,869
Education 97 · #224
Health 71 · #2,000
Crime 66 · #2,322
Housing & access 20 · #5,475
Living environment 3 · #6,627

House prices ?

£830,000median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£830,000129+2.5%+1.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£1,350,00011-10.0%-14.3%
Terraced£1,050,00063-5.7%+1.1%
Flat£587,50054+13.7%+16.3%
This area£830,000
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)£59,661±£8,893 · #201 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£57,489
Price-to-income ?13.9×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
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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 558 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #3,295 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft205
Burglary22
Vehicle crime79
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons33
Drugs11
Robbery18
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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