Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth · London · population 8,028 · 5 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #601 of 6,856 in England
  • #66 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 38 in Wandsworth
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,160
Median age (est.)34
Density6,656per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above71%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 37%45–64 24%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional20%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure4%
Elementary3%
Sales & customer service2%
Skilled trades2%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 5%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 5%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 39% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Wandsworth Common is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #601 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 38 in Wandsworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £943,640 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 121 sales), 47% 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 #6,714 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £71,494 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 94 · #382
Employment 97 · #197
Education 99 · #60
Health 91 · #608
Crime 88 · #814
Housing & access 81 · #1,280
Living environment 7 · #6,387

House prices ?

£943,640median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£943,640121+7.5%+13.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£3,500,00011+45.8%+11.1%
Terraced£1,568,50040+10.5%+16.3%
Flat£780,00066+39.3%+24.8%
This area£943,640
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)£71,494±£12,020 · #17 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£63,341
Price-to-income ?13.2×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 ?

2Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

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

Rank #1,724 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences111
Theft59
Burglary36
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons20
Drugs13
Robbery16
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 193 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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