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BR5 postcode area · Bromley

The BR5 postcode district spans 11 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Bromley. Area Scores range from 20 to 99 across them. Every full BR5 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the BR5 district: Petts Wood scores 100 out of 100 (#12 of 6,856 nationally) while St Mary Cray East sits at 20 — neighbours on the map, 80 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 6 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £377,500 in St Mary Cray East to £739,250 in Petts Wood — a 2.0× gap within the BR5 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£53,648a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime71per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)42
Owner-occupied73%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the BR5 district

£465,000median home sold over the past year · +19.2% over 5 years · +11.4% over the year · 495 sales
Detached£850,000
Semi-detached£500,000
Terraced£395,000
Flat£280,000
Bromley£525,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Petts WoodBromley 12100 £739,250
CroftonBromley 32100 £625,000
Bickley EastBromley 20497 £720,000
Chelsfield & Green Street GreenBromley 46493 £580,000
Orpington WestBromley 1,19882 £465,500
Orpington EastBromley 2,09669 £450,000
Chislehurst East & Hoblingwell WoodBromley 2,95357 £687,500
GoddingtonBromley 3,50149 £570,000
St Mary Cray SouthBromley 3,82344 £450,000
St Mary Cray NorthBromley 5,40721 £410,000
St Mary Cray EastBromley 5,46820 £377,500

People living in BR5 Census 2021

Residents85,233
Median age (est.)42
Density1,923per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 16%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 10%Black: 7%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 78%Asian 10%Black 7%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 36% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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.

Towns & places in BR5

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the BR5 district.

Bickley Chislehurst Orpington St Mary Cray

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around BR5.

BR6 BR7 DA14 BR8 BR2 DA15 BR1 BR4

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.