Herne Hill & Dulwich Park

Southwark · London · population 8,642 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,527 of 6,856 in England
  • #166 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 34 in Southwark
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,560
Median age (est.)41
Density3,595per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above73%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 20%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 38%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 20%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 38%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 40% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional40%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional18%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure4%
Elementary2%
Skilled trades2%
Sales & customer service2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 6%Black: 5%Mixed: 7%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 6%Black 5%Mixed 7%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Herne Hill & Dulwich Park is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,527 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (100) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £1,335,500 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 88 sales) — roughly 2.5× the wider Southwark median of £540,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,820 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £78,241 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 72 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 92 · #553
Employment 95 · #327
Education 100 · #19
Health 96 · #259
Crime 68 · #2,199
Housing & access 57 · #2,925
Living environment 1 · #6,764

House prices ?

£1,335,500median (12m) · +11.4% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,335,50088+11.4%-8.2%
Detached£2,750,0005+39.2%
Semi-detached£2,000,00029+2.4%+15.9%
Terraced£1,340,500320.0%-12.4%
Flat£502,00022-17.7%+14.0%
This area£1,335,500
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)£78,241±£11,663 · #7 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£63,370
Price-to-income ?17.1×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 ?

0Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 619 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #3,637 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences118
Theft199
Burglary60
Vehicle crime123
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons36
Drugs15
Robbery29
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 92 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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