North Dulwich

Southwark · London · population 7,324 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,132 of 6,856 in England
  • #500 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,488
Median age (est.)35
Density9,061per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above55%
No car or van56%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 46%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 46%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 20%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 20%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional15%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 10%Black: 33%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 44%Asian 10%Black 33%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

North Dulwich is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,132 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (77) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £422,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 79 sales), 22% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,916 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 33 · #4,591
Employment 45 · #3,789
Education 77 · #1,582
Health 46 · #3,734
Crime 64 · #2,438
Housing & access 11 · #6,099
Living environment 20 · #5,496

House prices ?

£422,500median (12m) · -6.1% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£422,50079-6.1%-1.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£915,00015+20.8%+43.1%
Flat£394,50060+1.2%+0.6%
This area£422,500
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)£56,916±£8,265 · #333 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,886
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 418 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #2,642 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft152
Burglary20
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons22
Drugs14
Robbery26
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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