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Lewisham: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Lewisham is a London borough, home to 300,553 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £488,658 in July 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier and up 10.1% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 35th highest average price of 360 council areas. 6.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £45,702 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is health & social care, with 20.5% of the 68,290 employee jobs counted in 2024.

Lewisham house prices

Average price, July 2026

£488,658

London: £550,037

Change over 1 year

+0.7%

London: −3.3%

Change over 5 years

+10.1%

Since July 2021

Detached: £1,116,536
Semi-detached: £773,685
Terraced: £602,116
Flat or maisonette: £376,322
First-time buyers: £431,343

UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.

Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorer

Jobs, pay and unemployment in Lewisham

Claimant rate, August 2026

6.8%

14,610 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%

Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

79.1%

UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey

Unemployment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

4.2%

UK: 4.5%

Economically inactive

17.5%

UK: 21.0%

Median full-time pay, 2025

£45,702 a year

UK: £39,039

Median weekly pay, 2025

£892

UK: £767

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.

Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorer

What Lewisham does for a living

Employee jobs, 2024

68,290

66,205 in 2019

Businesses, 2026

9,875

Largest sectors by share of employee jobs, 2024
Sector	Share of jobs	Great Britain
Health & social care	20.5%	14.1%
Education	14.6%	8.6%
Retail, wholesale & motor trade	13.2%	13.6%
Hotels, pubs & restaurants	10.3%	7.8%
Admin & support services	8.8%	8.5%
Public administration & defence	6.6%	4.9%

Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every sector and business size in the industries explorer

How Lewisham has changed

Residents
240,233 in 1991 → 301,255 in 2024 (+25.4%)
England over the same years: +22.4%
Average house price
£205,383 in 2005 → £488,658 in 2026 (+137.9%)
England over the same years: +85.9%
Median weekly pay
£446 in 2008 → £765 in 2025 (+71.3%)
England over the same years: +63.7%
Employment rate
69.7% in 2004 → 74.0% in 2023 (+6.2%)
England over the same years: +4.4%
Claimant count
4.6% in 2001 → 6.9% in 2025 (+50.0%)
England over the same years: +60.0%
Disposable income per head
£8,609 in 1997 → £30,377 in 2024 (+252.9%)
England over the same years: +143.8%

ONS Explore local statistics, each series from its official producer; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Money figures are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Every series, charted, in the trends explorer

Who lives in Lewisham

Residents, 2021

300,553

People per km², 2021

8,552

England and Wales: 395

Aged 65 and over

9.6%

England and Wales: 18.4%

Aged under 15

18.2%

England and Wales: 17.3%

Homes owned

41.9%

England and Wales: 61.5%

Homes rented privately

27.2%

England and Wales: 20.3%

Homes socially rented

29.2%

England and Wales: 17.1%

Degree or higher (16+)

49.8%

England and Wales: 33.8%

No qualifications (16+)

14.6%

England and Wales: 18.2%

Good or very good health

85.1%

England and Wales: 82.0%

Born in the UK

64.4%

England and Wales: 83.2%

Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorer

How Lewisham ranks among UK councils

40 official indicators are published for Lewisham; 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

Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment2.1 t per person (2024) · 4th lowest of 361
Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access100% (May 2024) · 7th highest of 318
New homes · Housing18.0 per 1,000 (2024/25) · 11th highest of 296
Median weekly pay · Economy & work£765 (April 2025) · 34th highest of 359

Where it ranks worst

Job density · Economy & work0.44 jobs per resident (2024) · 349th highest of 350
Claimant count · Economy & work6.9% (2025) · 353rd lowest of 361
Productivity · Economy & work£29.6 per hour (2023) · 346th highest of 361
Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.6 out of 10 (2022/23) · 316th lowest of 363

ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.

All 40 indicators in the area scorecard

Health in Lewisham

Life expectancy (male) (2025)79.5 years · England 80.0 · 82nd highest of 151
Life expectancy (female) (2025)84.1 years · England 83.8 · 63rd highest of 151
Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)58.3 years · England 60.9 · 105th highest of 151
Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)58.1 years · England 61.3 · 111th highest of 151
Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)315.7 per 100k · England 321.0 · 71st lowest of 151
Adult smoking prevalence (2024)8.8% · England 10.4 · 47th lowest of 148
Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)58.6% · England 64.6 · 24th lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-02. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

The full health profile in the health explorer

Schools and children in Lewisham

School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)70.6% · England 68.3 · 38th highest of 153
GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)49.2 score · England 46.0 · 34th highest of 153
16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.8% · England 5.8 · 74th lowest of 150
Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)15.5% · England 19.8 · 51st lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, carrying DfE / ONS education measures. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-04. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

Nearby schools and more in the education explorer

About these figures

Lewisham (E09000023) is a London borough in London, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.

Sources

HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.

Lewisham: house prices, jobs and local statistics