Southwark St George's

Southwark · London · population 9,938 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #565 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,276
Median age (est.)31
Density13,445per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above55%
No car or van73%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 22%25–44 39%45–64 20%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 43%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 15%Other: 19%
One person 36%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 15%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 16%Black: 20%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 50%Asian 16%Black 20%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

No religion 38% · Christian 37% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

Southwark St George's is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (81) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £617,750 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 60 sales), 14% above the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,120 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 183 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,248
Employment 39 · #4,159
Education 81 · #1,307
Health 25 · #5,119
Crime 30 · #4,797
Housing & access 39 · #4,152
Living environment 7 · #6,366

House prices ?

£617,750median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£617,75060+1.3%-8.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,295,0007-6.2%+10.9%
Flat£600,00052+8.1%+4.3%
This area£617,750
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)£53,120±£7,628 · #653 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,517
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

183 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,819 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #6,116 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences361
Theft986
Burglary103
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons92
Drugs67
Robbery98
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 428 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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