Nine Elms

Wandsworth · London · population 8,518 · 5 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,424 of 6,856 in England
  • #155 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,716
Median age (est.)32
Density6,931per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above73%
No car or van71%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 12%25–44 57%45–64 16%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 56%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 12%Private rent 56%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 26%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 7%Other: 15%
One person 41%Couple, no children 26%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 7%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Managers & directors 25% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Managers & directors25%
Associate professional20%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades2%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 15%Black: 10%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 60%Asian 15%Black 10%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 36% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 57%

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

Nine Elms is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,424 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £869,250 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 223 sales), 36% 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 #6,671 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £60,507 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 168 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 78 · #1,534
Employment 99 · #94
Education 78 · #1,534
Health 86 · #944
Crime 57 · #2,932
Housing & access 88 · #786
Living environment 8 · #6,284

House prices ?

£869,250median (12m) · -21.0% yr · n=223
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£869,250223-21.0%-0.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Flat£867,125222-21.2%-0.4%
This area£869,250
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)£60,507±£10,710 · #163 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£53,075
Price-to-income ?14.4×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

168 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,432 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #6,029 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences336
Theft691
Burglary78
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons80
Drugs84
Robbery54
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 225 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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