NW1 postcode area · Camden

The NW1 postcode district spans 18 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Camden, Westminster. Area Scores range from 6 to 80 across them. Every full NW1 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The NW1 district contains both ends of the scale: Marylebone & Park Lane at 80 out of 100 (#1,342 of 6,856 in England) against Church Street at 7, a 74-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 10 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £517,500 in Church Street to £1,610,000 in Marylebone & Park Lane — a 3.1× gap within the NW1 district. (1 neighbourhood had too few sales to report reliably.) Note that the district straddles 2 local authorities — Camden and Westminster — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£50,924a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime372per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)35
Owner-occupied25%

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 NW1 district

£680,000median home sold over the past year · -3.5% over 5 years · -6.2% over the year · 300 sales
Detached
Semi-detached£2,400,000
Terraced£1,300,000
Flat£625,000
Camden£765,000
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
Marylebone & Park LaneWestminster 1,34280 £1,610,000
St John's Wood NorthWestminster 1,71975 £737,500
Regent's ParkWestminster 1,80174 £957,500
Bryanston & Dorset SquareWestminster 3,30252 £1,110,000
Fitzrovia East & Bloomsbury WestCamden 3,57648 £679,500
Primrose HillCamden 3,72046 £925,000
Fitzrovia West & SohoWestminster 3,91943 £890,000
Paddington & St George's FieldsWestminster 4,30337 £790,000
Kentish Town EastCamden 4,72131 £623,000
Camden Road SouthCamden 4,97527 £675,255
Camden Street & Elm VillageCamden 5,24923 £595,938
Camden Town & Mornington CrescentCamden 5,29723 £725,000
King's Cross & Bloomsbury NorthCamden 5,30423 £540,000
Chalk FarmCamden 5,47520 £630,000
EustonCamden 5,55119
Kentish Town WestCamden 5,85215 £549,000
Somers TownCamden 5,96213 £790,000
Church StreetWestminster 6,3947 £517,500

People living in NW1 Census 2021

Residents148,641
Median age (est.)35
Density10,616per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above53%
No car or van69%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 19%25–44 34%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 37%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 12%Other: 19%
One person 41%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 12%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional17%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 21%Black: 9%Mixed: 6%Other: 10%
White 53%Asian 21%Black 9%Mixed 6%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 31% · No religion 30% · Muslim 22%

Born outside the UK: 51%

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 NW1

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the NW1 district.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around NW1.

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.