Lavender Hill West & Little India

Wandsworth · London · population 10,248 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,589 of 6,856 in England
  • #269 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,084
Median age (est.)30
Density12,436per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above72%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 14%25–44 51%45–64 16%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 16%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 7%Other: 29%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 7%Other 29%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 23% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 8%Black: 8%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 75%Asian 8%Black 8%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 42% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Lavender Hill West & Little India is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,589 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (89) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £723,500 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 156 sales), 13% 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 #6,453 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £61,507 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 133 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 74 · #1,746
Employment 89 · #738
Education 86 · #930
Health 81 · #1,314
Crime 30 · #4,810
Housing & access 58 · #2,898
Living environment 2 · #6,716

House prices ?

£723,500median (12m) · -9.8% yr · n=156
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£723,500156-9.8%-0.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,050,50052+1.0%+8.9%
Flat£624,500102+11.0%+5.8%
This area£723,500
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)£61,507±£9,661 · #136 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£63,530
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

133 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,365 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #5,703 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences349
Theft539
Burglary88
Vehicle crime96
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons106
Drugs44
Robbery58
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 371 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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