Putney Embankment & Lower Common

Wandsworth · London · population 8,271 · 5 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,307 of 6,856 in England
  • #133 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,354
Median age (est.)37
Density8,897per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above72%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 10%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional20%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades3%
Elementary3%
Sales & customer service3%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 37% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Putney Embankment & Lower Common is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,307 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £1,022,500 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 114 sales), 60% 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 #6,760 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £56,943 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 67 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 85 · #1,013
Employment 95 · #355
Education 99 · #67
Health 96 · #279
Crime 79 · #1,438
Housing & access 84 · #1,061
Living environment 2 · #6,695

House prices ?

£1,022,500median (12m) · +12.4% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,022,500114+12.4%+20.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£1,800,00013+4.7%+1.6%
Terraced£1,450,00047+13.5%+3.6%
Flat£642,50054+6.6%+0.4%
This area£1,022,500
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)£56,943±£11,320 · #331 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£65,218
Price-to-income ?18.0×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 ?

1Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 555 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #3,350 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences118
Theft139
Burglary40
Vehicle crime141
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons34
Drugs35
Robbery13
Other4

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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