Walworth South

Southwark · London · population 6,673 · 4 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,489 of 6,856 in England
  • #823 of 1,002 in London
  • #32 of 34 in Southwark
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,718
Median age (est.)33
Density14,021per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above42%
No car or van69%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 15%25–44 35%45–64 25%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 5%Mortgage/shared: 9%Social rent: 59%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 5%Mortgage/shared 9%Social rent 59%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 22%Other: 21%
One person 32%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 22%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary17%
Associate professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 39%Asian: 9%Black: 37%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 39%Asian 9%Black 37%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 25% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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

Walworth South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,489 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (49) and lowest on Income (11). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 27 sales), 19% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,059 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 204 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 11 · #6,085
Employment 24 · #5,180
Education 49 · #3,501
Health 28 · #4,968
Crime 16 · #5,722
Housing & access 23 · #5,249
Living environment 20 · #5,462

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=27
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,00027+3.5%+18.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£670,0005+16.5%
Flat£388,75022+4.4%+11.1%
This area£440,000
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)£45,059±£6,388 · #2,063 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,608
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

204 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,359 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #6,189 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences293
Theft630
Burglary56
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons86
Drugs84
Robbery83
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 404 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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