Wandsworth: local statistics
Wandsworth is a London borough in London, home to an estimated 339,859 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 Wandsworth, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Wandsworth is £1,028.21, 3.1% more than in 2025-26. It is the lowest of all 33 council areas in London. In 2016-17 the figure was £679.91, so it has risen 51%.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Wandsworth was £1,016.60 in April 2025, or £54,584 over a year. It is the 4th highest of 32 in London, and 12.6% more than across London. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £848.10, £168.50 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £719.70: a change of +41% before inflation.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 85.1% of Wandsworth residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.0 points either way; the figure for London was 74.8%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 78.7% to 88.3%.
Homes in Wandsworth sold for an average of £686,076 in July 2026, a fall of 5.5% in twelve months. It ranks as the 7th highest of all 33 council areas in London; the average for London was £550,037. Since July 2016 prices have fallen 3%; the July high in the series was £738,478 in 2024. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Wandsworth (£54,584) gives a ratio of 12.6. That ratio is 13th of 32 in London, counting from the highest ratio.
The claimant count for Wandsworth stood at 10,070 in August 2026, or 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 (London: 5.5%). Twelve months before, it was 4.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.0% (January 2023) and 4.6% (August 2021).
The police recorded 75.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in Wandsworth in the year to March 2026 (25,804 offences in all), 23rd of 33 in London, counting from the highest rate. That compares with 74.1 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 72.1 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A girl born in Wandsworth in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.1 years and a boy 80.6 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.5 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.2 more. It is the 13th highest for women of all 32 council areas in London.
In March 2026, 17,235 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Wandsworth, 9% fewer than in 2016. There are 51 per 1,000 residents, 21st of 33 in London, counting from the highest.
339,859 people lived in Wandsworth in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.0% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +5.3%, against +5.4% for London as a whole. That is mid-table in London, 16th of 33. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 322,658 |
| 2016 | 326,413 |
| 2017 | 329,493 |
| 2018 | 331,069 |
| 2019 | 334,558 |
| 2020 | 333,678 |
| 2021 | 328,429 |
| 2022 | 331,675 |
| 2023 | 335,863 |
| 2024 | 339,727 |
| 2025 | 339,859 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £704,521 |
| July 2017 | £716,130 |
| July 2018 | £687,525 |
| July 2019 | £671,628 |
| July 2020 | £683,004 |
| July 2021 | £676,559 |
| July 2022 | £734,106 |
| July 2023 | £704,054 |
| July 2024 | £738,478 |
| July 2025 | £726,122 |
| July 2026 | £686,076 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £719.70 a week |
| 2016 | £762.30 a week |
| 2017 | £757.40 a week |
| 2018 | £773.50 a week |
| 2019 | £811.80 a week |
| 2020 | £807.00 a week |
| 2021 | £838.40 a week |
| 2022 | £947.40 a week |
| 2023 | £929.40 a week |
| 2024 | £925.60 a week |
| 2025 | £1,016.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £679.91 |
| 2017-18 | £700.04 |
| 2018-19 | £722.65 |
| 2019-20 | £770.31 |
| 2020-21 | £799.82 |
| 2021-22 | £845.44 |
| 2022-23 | £872.55 |
| 2023-24 | £921.31 |
| 2024-25 | £968.76 |
| 2025-26 | £997.75 |
| 2026-27 | £1,028.21 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 72.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 75.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 77.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 78.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 77.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 72.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 78.6 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 74.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 81.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 74.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 75.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.7% |
| 2016/17 | 80.3% |
| 2017/18 | 79.8% |
| 2018/19 | 80.3% |
| 2019/20 | 83.1% |
| 2020/21 | 81.1% |
| 2021/22 | 84.9% |
| 2022/23 | 88.3% |
| 2023/24 | 81.9% |
| 2024/25 | 80.0% |
| 2025/26 | 85.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 18,885 |
| 2017 | 19,420 |
| 2018 | 19,015 |
| 2019 | 19,160 |
| 2020 | 19,070 |
| 2021 | 18,610 |
| 2022 | 17,840 |
| 2023 | 17,115 |
| 2024 | 16,995 |
| 2025 | 16,900 |
| 2026 | 17,235 |
Questions about Wandsworth
How much is Band D council tax in Wandsworth?
£1,028.21 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Wandsworth?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Wandsworth was £1,016.60 a week in April 2025 (£54,584 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Wandsworth?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £686,076.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Wandsworth?
The ONS claimant count was 10,070 in August 2026, 4.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Wandsworth?
Home Office figures show 25,804 offences in the year to March 2026, or 75.9 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Wandsworth?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.6 years for men and 85.1 for women.
What is the population of Wandsworth?
339,859 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Wandsworth
Every body that makes decisions for Wandsworth, 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
- Wandsworth council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Wandsworth in official figures this page
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
- Battersea: Marsha De Cordova (Labour) MP
- Putney: Fleur Anderson (Labour) MP
- Tooting: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (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 weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in London: Brent · Bromley · Enfield · Hillingdon · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets
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