Tooting West

Wandsworth · London · population 7,382 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,152 of 6,856 in England
  • #503 of 1,002 in London
  • #30 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,424
Median age (est.)32
Density8,655per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above55%
No car or van57%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 16%25–44 45%45–64 18%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 21%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 13%Other: 28%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 13%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 19%Black: 14%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 55%Asian 19%Black 14%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 35% · No religion 35% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Tooting West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,152 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 38 in Wandsworth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (65) and lowest on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £538,750 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 84 sales), 16% below the wider Wandsworth median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,203 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 110 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,139
Employment 44 · #3,857
Education 62 · #2,596
Health 43 · #3,878
Crime 44 · #3,823
Housing & access 65 · #2,390
Living environment 14 · #5,914

House prices ?

£538,750median (12m) · +6.8% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£538,75084+6.8%+7.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£725,00025+6.1%+10.3%
Flat£450,00059+1.1%-4.8%
This area£538,750
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)£46,203±£6,929 · #1,798 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,286
Price-to-income ?11.7×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

110 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 813 offences
Wandsworth81
London102
England83

Rank #5,212 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences373
Theft147
Burglary27
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons96
Drugs32
Robbery7
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 221 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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