Bryanston & Dorset Square

Westminster · London · population 7,808 · 5 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,302 of 6,856 in England
  • #360 of 1,002 in London
  • #7 of 24 in Westminster
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,474
Median age (est.)34
Density13,816per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above68%
No car or van73%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 15%25–44 43%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 62%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 10%Private rent 62%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 4%Other: 20%
One person 46%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 4%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional17%
Administrative5%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure4%
Elementary3%
Process & plant2%
Skilled trades2%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 17%Black: 3%Mixed: 6%Other: 13%
White 61%Asian 17%Black 3%Mixed 6%Other 13%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 28% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 66%

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

Bryanston & Dorset Square sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,302 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 24 in Westminster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (94) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £1,110,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 80 sales), 30% above the wider Westminster median of £855,000. Typical household take-home income is around £64,934 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 412 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 67 · #2,281
Employment 76 · #1,630
Education 94 · #444
Health 85 · #1,006
Crime 24 · #5,194
Housing & access 41 · #4,036
Living environment 0 · #6,819

House prices ?

£1,110,000median (12m) · -14.6% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,110,00080-14.6%-5.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,200,0009-41.6%-36.8%
Flat£1,032,50070-9.4%-6.1%
This area£1,110,000
Westminster£855,000
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)£64,934±£10,055 · #62 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,528
Price-to-income ?17.1×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 →

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Recorded crime ?

412 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,215 offences
Westminster370
London102
England83

Rank #6,391 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences549
Theft1,680
Burglary127
Vehicle crime165
Criminal damage & arson111
Public order & weapons236
Drugs130
Robbery191
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 725 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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