Bexley: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£736,523

Semi-detached

£534,337

Terraced

£416,198

Flat or maisonette

£244,998

First-time buyers

£361,301

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  218,075 in 1991 → 256,434 in 2024 (+17.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £187,075 in 2005 → £413,343 in 2026 (+121.0%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £484 in 2008 → £747 in 2025 (+54.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  76.2% in 2004 → 73.9% in 2023 (−3.0%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.8% in 2001 → 3.4% in 2025 (+88.9%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £11,311 in 1997 → £26,538 in 2024 (+134.6%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Bexley; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access97% (May 2024) · 33rd highest of 318
• Persistent school absence · Education & skills15.7% (2024/25) · 16th lowest of 132
• Median weekly pay · Economy & work£747 (April 2025) · 48th highest of 359
• Productivity · Economy & work£47.4 per hour (2023) · 46th highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Job density · Economy & work0.52 jobs per resident (2024) · 337th highest of 350
• New homes · Housing4.0 per 1,000 (2024/25) · 265th highest of 296
• Home gas use · Environment11,043 kWh (2024/25) · 298th lowest of 347
• Adult obesity · Health & wellbeing33.0% (2024/25) · 245th lowest of 296

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)80.3 years · England 80.0 · 58th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)84.8 years · England 83.8 · 37th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)61.9 years · England 60.9 · 56th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)61.1 years · England 61.3 · 69th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)284.6 per 100k · England 321.0 · 38th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.2% · England 10.4 · 13th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)70.5% · England 64.6 · 128th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)73.2% · England 68.3 · 12th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)49.1 score · England 46.0 · 36th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)2.7% · England 5.8 · 15th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)11.4% · England 19.8 · 20th lowest of 153