Nightingale Lane

Wandsworth · London · population 7,700 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #649 of 6,856 in England
  • #71 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,819
Median age (est.)36
Density10,736per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above73%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 11%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 22%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Managers & directors 27% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Managers & directors27%
Associate professional20%
Administrative5%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service2%
Skilled trades2%
Elementary2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 6%Black: 4%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 6%Black 4%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 37% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Nightingale Lane is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #649 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (98) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £1,695,700 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 89 sales) — roughly 2.6× 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 #6,842 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £69,439 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 97 · #211
Employment 98 · #169
Education 97 · #176
Health 96 · #238
Crime 95 · #334
Housing & access 94 · #423
Living environment 6 · #6,476

House prices ?

£1,695,700median (12m) · +14.2% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,695,70089+14.2%+23.8%
Detached£4,275,0006+96.6%
Semi-detached£2,632,5008+26.1%+47.9%
Terraced£1,800,00053+3.6%+14.6%
Flat£786,00022+7.7%+25.8%
This area£1,695,700
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)£69,439±£13,645 · #28 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£67,171
Price-to-income ?24.4×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 379 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #2,049 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences82
Theft63
Burglary28
Vehicle crime138
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons23
Drugs11
Robbery7
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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