City Profile • Local Authority

Wandsworth

Wandsworth is a local authority district comprising 10 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £787k, reflecting a downward trend of 2.2% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 95 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

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)

329,035
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

10 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Wandsworth authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English48.0%
White: Other White16.8%
African5.3%
Pakistani3.7%
Caribbean3.5%
Other Asian3.1%

Age Profile

25-29 years14.6%
30-34 years11.7%
35-39 years8.9%
40-44 years7.5%
20-24 years7.3%
45-49 years6.4%

Top Occupations

Professional32.5%
Associate professional19.6%
Managers and directors18.8%
Administrative and secretarial7.0%
Caring and leisure5.8%
Elementary occupations5.3%

Housing Tenure

Private rented: Landlord33.7%
Owned: Mortgage24.7%
Owned: Outright17.8%
Social rented: Council12.1%
Social rented: Other7.2%
Private rented: Other2.6%

Area DNA

health10/10
safety3/10
transit3/10
investment2/10