Clapham Common West

Wandsworth · London · population 8,910 · 5 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #910 of 6,856 in England
  • #95 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,817
Median age (est.)32
Density11,080per km²
No qualifications5%
Degree or above77%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 45%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 25%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 23%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional23%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure3%
Sales & customer service3%
Skilled trades2%
Elementary2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 5%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 5%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 44% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Clapham Common West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #910 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (100) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £900,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 139 sales), 41% above the wider Wandsworth median of £640,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,685 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £71,478 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 99 · #80
Employment 100 · #19
Education 100 · #12
Health 94 · #423
Crime 88 · #834
Housing & access 78 · #1,527
Living environment 1 · #6,771

House prices ?

£900,000median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£900,000139+4.7%-1.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£1,506,5006-32.7%
Terraced£1,520,00055-2.4%+15.8%
Flat£683,75078+2.0%-0.8%
This area£900,000
Wandsworth£640,000
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)£71,478±£11,300 · #18 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£72,509
Price-to-income ?12.6×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 ?

2Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 337 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #1,059 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences71
Theft82
Burglary33
Vehicle crime93
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons18
Drugs16
Robbery8
Other0

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 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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