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SE22 postcode area · Southwark

The SE22 postcode district spans 10 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Southwark. Area Scores range from 27 to 77 across them. Every full SE22 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the SE22 district: Herne Hill & Dulwich Park scores 78 out of 100 (#1,527 of 6,856 nationally) while Nunhead North sits at 27 — neighbours on the map, 51 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £422,500 in North Dulwich to £1,335,500 in Herne Hill & Dulwich Park — a 3.2× gap within the SE22 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£58,743a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime77per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)37
Owner-occupied48%

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 SE22 district

£700,000median home sold over the past year · +9.4% over 5 years · +7.7% over the year · 457 sales
Detached£1,460,000
Semi-detached£1,350,000
Terraced£957,500
Flat£491,000
Southwark£540,000
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
Herne Hill & Dulwich ParkSouthwark 1,52778 £1,335,500
East DulwichSouthwark 2,85058 £830,000
Dulwich HillSouthwark 3,06955 £625,000
Nunhead South & NewlandsSouthwark 3,08355 £575,000
Peckham Rye CommonSouthwark 3,09055 £660,000
Sydenham HillSouthwark 3,15854 £475,000
Camberwell SouthSouthwark 3,78245 £603,500
North DulwichSouthwark 4,13240 £422,500
Peckham RyeSouthwark 4,27638 £718,000
Nunhead NorthSouthwark 4,99527 £530,000

People living in SE22 Census 2021

Residents87,316
Median age (est.)37
Density6,739per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above62%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 37%45–64 25%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 27%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors17%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 6%Black: 19%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 62%Asian 6%Black 19%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 40% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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 SE22

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SE22 district.

Camberwell Nunhead Peckham Rye

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SE22.

SE24 SE15 SE21 SE23 SE5 SE99 SE4 SW99

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.