Hammersmith and Fulham: local statistics
Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in London, home to an estimated 190,216 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hammersmith and Fulham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Hammersmith and Fulham sold for an average of £738,048 in July 2026, down 9.0% on a year before. It ranks as the 5th highest of the 33 council areas in London (regional average £550,037). This July figure is the lowest in the series, 6% below July 2016. The average price is 15.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Hammersmith and Fulham. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio of the 32 council areas in London.
A Band D home in Hammersmith and Fulham pays an average of £1,519.51 in council tax in 2026-27, up £68.09 on 2025-26. It is the 30th highest of the 33 council areas in London. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,003.81.
The ONS estimates that 190,216 people lived in Hammersmith and Fulham in mid-2025, down 0.3% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +1.6%; London grew by 5.4% over the same years. That is the 26th fastest growth of the 33 council areas in London. The series peaked at 190,803 in mid-2024.
The police recorded 106.2 crimes per 1,000 residents in Hammersmith and Fulham in the year to March 2026 (20,196 offences in all), the 9th highest rate of 33 in London. A year earlier it was 110.6. In the year to March 2016 it was 109.4 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 72.2% of Hammersmith and Fulham residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 5.6 points), against 74.8% across London. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 72.2% to 78.1%.
The ONS counted 14,090 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Hammersmith and Fulham in March 2026, 1% fewer than in 2016. There are 74 per 1,000 residents, the 7th highest of 33 in London.
4.8% of Hammersmith and Fulham residents aged 16 to 64 (6,700 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 5.5% in London. That compares with 4.7% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 4.2% (May 2023) and 6.5% (August 2021).
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Hammersmith and Fulham took home £917.30 a week before tax, or £47,192 over a year. That is 1.6% above the figure for London and mid-table in London, 14th of 32. Jobs based in Hammersmith and Fulham paid a median £970.60 a week, £53.30 more than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £686.30, so it has risen 34% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Hammersmith and Fulham had a life expectancy at birth of 84.6 years; for men it was 80.0, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.8 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.6 more. It is mid-table in London, 17th of 32.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 187,246 |
| 2016 | 187,472 |
| 2017 | 187,720 |
| 2018 | 189,037 |
| 2019 | 188,562 |
| 2020 | 186,555 |
| 2021 | 183,310 |
| 2022 | 187,187 |
| 2023 | 189,683 |
| 2024 | 190,803 |
| 2025 | 190,216 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £786,860 |
| July 2017 | £778,672 |
| July 2018 | £763,178 |
| July 2019 | £750,734 |
| July 2020 | £785,016 |
| July 2021 | £824,324 |
| July 2022 | £821,844 |
| July 2023 | £849,204 |
| July 2024 | £825,377 |
| July 2025 | £810,884 |
| July 2026 | £738,048 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £686.30 a week |
| 2016 | £699.10 a week |
| 2017 | £709.80 a week |
| 2018 | £748.50 a week |
| 2019 | £795.30 a week |
| 2020 | £788.00 a week |
| 2021 | £803.00 a week |
| 2022 | £833.70 a week |
| 2023 | £861.70 a week |
| 2024 | £874.20 a week |
| 2025 | £917.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,003.81 |
| 2017-18 | £1,007.83 |
| 2018-19 | £1,022.04 |
| 2019-20 | £1,082.53 |
| 2020-21 | £1,124.49 |
| 2021-22 | £1,195.62 |
| 2022-23 | £1,227.55 |
| 2023-24 | £1,306 |
| 2024-25 | £1,386.77 |
| 2025-26 | £1,451.42 |
| 2026-27 | £1,519.51 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 109.4 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 111.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 116.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 118.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 122.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 115.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 115.1 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 122.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 110.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 106.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.5% |
| 2016/17 | 76.1% |
| 2017/18 | 77.2% |
| 2018/19 | 77.9% |
| 2019/20 | 76.1% |
| 2020/21 | 77.9% |
| 2021/22 | 74.3% |
| 2022/23 | 77.7% |
| 2023/24 | 78.1% |
| 2024/25 | 72.6% |
| 2025/26 | 72.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.1 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 14,290 |
| 2017 | 14,650 |
| 2018 | 14,455 |
| 2019 | 14,580 |
| 2020 | 14,420 |
| 2021 | 14,270 |
| 2022 | 14,150 |
| 2023 | 13,825 |
| 2024 | 13,920 |
| 2025 | 13,990 |
| 2026 | 14,090 |
Questions about Hammersmith and Fulham
What is the average house price in Hammersmith and Fulham?
£738,048 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-9.0% on a year).
How much is Band D council tax in Hammersmith and Fulham?
£1,519.51 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Hammersmith and Fulham?
190,216 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Hammersmith and Fulham?
Home Office figures show 20,196 offences in the year to March 2026, or 106.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hammersmith and Fulham?
6,700 in August 2026 (4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average salary in Hammersmith and Fulham?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Hammersmith and Fulham was £917.30 a week in April 2025 (£47,192 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Hammersmith and Fulham?
84.6 years for women and 80.0 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Hammersmith and Fulham
Every body that makes decisions for Hammersmith and Fulham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hammersmith and Fulham council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hammersmith and Fulham in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board NHS
- London in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Chelsea and Fulham: Ben Coleman (Labour) MP
- Ealing Central and Acton: Dr Rupa Huq (Labour) MP
- Hammersmith and Chiswick: Andy Slaughter (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: London
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK population · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in London: Camden · Kingston upon Thames · Merton · Richmond upon Thames · Sutton · Westminster
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