Nunhead South & Newlands

Southwark · London · population 7,632 · 4 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,083 of 6,856 in England
  • #330 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 34 in Southwark
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,682
Median age (est.)36
Density5,260per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above59%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 9%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 16%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 16%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 4%Black: 21%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 63%Asian 4%Black 21%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 38% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Nunhead South & Newlands is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,083 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (90) but weak on Living environment (16). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 99 sales), 6% above the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,360 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,563
Employment 51 · #3,364
Education 90 · #670
Health 57 · #2,946
Crime 61 · #2,685
Housing & access 36 · #4,378
Living environment 16 · #5,743

House prices ?

£575,000median (12m) · -13.9% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£575,00099-13.9%0.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£758,0007-59.0%-16.7%
Terraced£928,00033-10.3%+17.7%
Flat£450,00055+8.4%+2.3%
This area£575,000
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)£55,360±£7,988 · #438 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,982
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 349 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #1,746 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft59
Burglary29
Vehicle crime59
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons25
Drugs10
Robbery12
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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