Lewisham

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Lewisham. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Lewisham, not our estimates.

• 3,719 births and 1,553 deaths: natural change added 2,166 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 4,276.
• International migration (net) added 722 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 7.
• Altogether the population fell by 1,395 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Lewisham: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Lewisham’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Lewisham moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Green directly elected mayor (2026) — Green 39, Labour 14, Other and independent 1 of 54 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (2016–2024); Labour directly elected mayor (2025); Green directly elected mayor (2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Lewisham’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

36,696 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 121.9 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Lewisham’s 175 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Lewisham 020B (rank 454), Lewisham 030A (rank 1,633), Lewisham 029E (rank 3,284). Least deprived: Lewisham 001F (rank 27,854), Lewisham 023E (rank 26,168), Lewisham 009C (rank 25,828).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£45,702 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 7.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£45,829 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£45,309 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · down 9.9% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026210 people
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,719 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026275,885 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026300,553 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · down 1.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 202614,715 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · down 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20266.8%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · down 16.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£182.9m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 20.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£209.6m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · down 0.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£200.8m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 50.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£30m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 3.7% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£777.9m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,237 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,553 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 2025133,860 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20252,946 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202514.9% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,758 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 2.4 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20260.6%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 0.6% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£491,259
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20262,317 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026573 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202525.5 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20251.7% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202528.7% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-4,276 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20265,384 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026722 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20264,662 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,166 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-7 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025301,255 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.2 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20262.4%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 2.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,828 a month
• People resettled in each council area2023 Q2 · down 40.0% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 20263 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261,899 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 6.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£892 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Lewisham; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Lewisham, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 12,6172012→10,7582024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Lewisham, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,617 in 2012 to 10,758 in 2024, a change of 1,859 or 14.7% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  10,758 in 2024 − 12,617 in 2012 = −1,859, which is 14.7% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 10,757.85 and 12,617.21, and 10,757.85 − 12,617.21 = 1,859.36.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,617 in 2012 to 10,758 in 2024, a change of 1,859 or 14.7% (DESNZ).

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• 3,5372012→2,9462024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Lewisham, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,537 in 2012 to 2,946 in 2024, a change of 591 or 16.7% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,946 in 2024 − 3,537 in 2012 = −591, which is 16.7% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,946.03 and 3,537.00, and 2,946.03 − 3,537.00 = 590.97.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,537 in 2012 to 2,946 in 2024, a change of 591 or 16.7% (DESNZ).

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• £1,646Year ending March 2021→£2,237Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Lewisham, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,646 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,237 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £591 or 35.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,237 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,646 in the year ending March 2021 = £591, which is 35.9% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,237.33 and 1,646.44, and 2,237.33 − 1,646.44 = 590.89.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Lewisham, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,646 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,237 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £591 or 35.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £28,5512008→£45,7022025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Lewisham, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £28,551 in 2008 to £45,702 in 2025, a change of £17,151 or 60.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £45,702 in 2025 − £28,551 in 2008 = £17,151, which is 60.1% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Lewisham, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £28,551 in 2008 to £45,702 in 2025, a change of £17,151 or 60.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5312008→£8922025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Lewisham, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £531 in 2008 to £892 in 2025, a change of £361 or 67.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £892 in 2025 − £531 in 2008 = £361, which is 67.9% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 891.80 and 531.30, and 891.80 − 531.30 = 360.50.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Lewisham, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £531 in 2008 to £892 in 2025, a change of £361 or 67.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -1,601Year to mid-2012→-4,276Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Lewisham, net internal migration by local authority fell from -1,601 in Year to mid-2012 to -4,276 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,675 or 167.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -4,276 in Year to mid-2025 − -1,601 in Year to mid-2012 = −2,675, which is 167.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, net internal migration by local authority fell from -1,601 in Year to mid-2012 to -4,276 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,675 or 167.1% (ONS).

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• 6,326Year to mid-2012→5,384Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Lewisham, international migration into a local authority fell from 6,326 in Year to mid-2012 to 5,384 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 942 or 14.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  5,384 in Year to mid-2025 − 6,326 in Year to mid-2012 = −942, which is 14.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, international migration into a local authority fell from 6,326 in Year to mid-2012 to 5,384 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 942 or 14.9% (ONS).

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• 4,601Year to mid-2012→4,662Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Lewisham, international migration out of a local authority rose from 4,601 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,662 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 61 or 1.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  4,662 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,601 in Year to mid-2012 = 61, which is 1.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, international migration out of a local authority rose from 4,601 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,662 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 61 or 1.3% (ONS).

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• 1,725Year to mid-2012→722Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Lewisham, net international migration by local authority fell from 1,725 in Year to mid-2012 to 722 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,003 or 58.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  722 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,725 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,003, which is 58.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, net international migration by local authority fell from 1,725 in Year to mid-2012 to 722 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,003 or 58.1% (ONS).

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• 4,940Year to mid-2012→3,719Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Lewisham, births by local authority fell from 4,940 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,719 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,221 or 24.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,719 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,940 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,221, which is 24.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, births by local authority fell from 4,940 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,719 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,221 or 24.7% (ONS).

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• 1,507Year to mid-2012→1,553Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Lewisham, deaths by local authority rose from 1,507 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,553 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 46 or 3.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,553 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,507 in Year to mid-2012 = 46, which is 3.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, deaths by local authority rose from 1,507 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,553 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 46 or 3.1% (ONS).

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• 3,433Year to mid-2012→2,166Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Lewisham, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 3,433 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,166 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,267 or 36.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,166 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,433 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,267, which is 36.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 3,433 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,166 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,267 or 36.9% (ONS).

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• 516Year to mid-2012→-7Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Lewisham, other population change by local authority fell from 516 in Year to mid-2012 to -7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 523 or 101.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -7 in Year to mid-2025 − 516 in Year to mid-2012 = −523, which is 101.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Lewisham, other population change by local authority fell from 516 in Year to mid-2012 to -7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 523 or 101.4% (ONS).

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• £384m2010 Q1→£182.9m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Lewisham, outstanding council borrowing fell from £384m in 2010 Q1 to £182.9m in 2026 Q2, a change of £201.1m or 52.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £182.9m in 2026 Q2 − £384m in 2010 Q1 = −£201.1m, which is 52.4% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 182.90 and 383.98, and 182.90 − 383.98 = 201.07.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Lewisham, outstanding council borrowing fell from £384m in 2010 Q1 to £182.9m in 2026 Q2, a change of £201.1m or 52.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Lewisham with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Lewisham and Birmingham
• Lewisham and Leeds
• Lewisham and North Yorkshire
• Lewisham and Somerset
• Lewisham and Cornwall
• Lewisham and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

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Areas like Lewisham

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Lewisham’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

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• Brent · compare
• Ealing · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Lewisham said then and says now, with the periods named. Lewisham since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Lewisham are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.