City Profile • Local Authority
Lewisham
Lewisham is a local authority district comprising 15 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £500k, reflecting a downward trend of 3.3% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (110 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
298,653
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
15 AreasBR1ExploreBR3ExploreSE10ExploreSE12ExploreSE13ExploreSE14ExploreSE15ExploreSE16ExploreSE23ExploreSE26ExploreSE3ExploreSE4ExploreSE6ExploreSE8ExploreSE9Explore
Population Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Lewisham authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English37.2%
African12.6%
White: Other White12.3%
Caribbean10.6%
Any other ethnic group4.2%
Other Asian3.8%
Age Profile
30-34 years10.3%
25-29 years9.2%
35-39 years9.2%
40-44 years7.9%
45-49 years6.9%
50-54 years6.7%
Top Occupations
Professional26.9%
Associate professional17.5%
Managers and directors13.0%
Elementary occupations9.3%
Caring and leisure8.6%
Administrative and secretarial7.6%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Mortgage26.5%
Private rented: Landlord25.2%
Social rented: Other16.1%
Owned: Outright15.4%
Social rented: Council13.1%
Private rented: Other2.0%
Area DNA
family1/10
health10/10
safety2/10
homeown1/10
transit3/10
affluence9/10
diversity10/10
employment4/10
investment1/10