Surrey Quays

Southwark · London · population 10,449 · 5 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,514 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 34 in Southwark
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,291
Median age (est.)33
Density10,488per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above65%
No car or van57%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 11%25–44 50%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 24%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 9%Other: 21%
One person 32%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 9%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative7%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 13%Black: 12%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 64%Asian 13%Black 12%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 40% · Christian 40% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Surrey Quays is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,514 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (82) and lowest on Crime (44). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 93 sales), 13% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £62,714 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 50 · #3,432
Employment 61 · #2,658
Education 82 · #1,211
Health 50 · #3,446
Crime 44 · #3,816
Housing & access 58 · #2,884
Living environment 51 · #3,357

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · -6.0% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,00093-6.0%-3.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£715,00013-2.7%-0.7%
Flat£442,50078-1.7%-0.7%
This area£470,000
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)£62,714±£9,357 · #111 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,580
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 596 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #2,635 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences189
Theft164
Burglary49
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons42
Drugs31
Robbery20
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 253 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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