Lewisham — Housing Profile (Census 2021)

Lewisham has a Gera Housing Stock Profile (GHSP) of 55/100 from ONS Census 2021 (-19 points below the national average of 74/100). 16.0% of its 122,393 households occupy detached or semi-detached houses, 71.5% use mains gas heating, and 11.4% are overcrowded by bedroom standard. Source: ONS Census 2021 Tables TS044–TS052 (OGL v3.0), census day 21 March 2021.

According to ONS Census 2021 (Table TS044), 16.0% of the 122,393 households in Lewisham occupy detached (3%) or semi-detached (13%) properties. Terraced houses account for 26.2% and purpose-built flats for 39.1%. Source: ONS Census 2021, OGL v3.0.

Per ONS Census 2021 (Table TS046), 71.5% of households in Lewisham use mains gas as their sole central heating source. Electric-only heating accounts for 11.8%, oil-only for 0.1%, and 2.4% of households have no central heating. Source: ONS Census 2021, OGL v3.0.

The ONS bedroom standard defines overcrowding as a household having one or fewer bedrooms than required. In Lewisham, 11.4% of households were overcrowded at Census Day 21 March 2021. By contrast, 45.9% were under-occupied (one or more spare bedrooms). Source: ONS Census 2021, Table TS052, OGL v3.0.

According to ONS Census 2021 (Table TS045), 47.7% of households in Lewisham have no car or van. 40.9% have one car, 9.2% have two cars, and 2.2% have three or more. Source: ONS Census 2021, OGL v3.0.

The Gera Housing Stock Profile (GHSP) is a 0–100 index computed from four ONS Census 2021 Topic Summary tables (TS044 accommodation type, TS045 car availability, TS046 central heating, TS052 bedroom occupancy rating). Formula: GHSP = 0.30 × (detached+semi)% + 0.25 × (100 − overcrowded%) + 0.25 × mains-gas% + 0.20 × (100 − no-car%). A higher score indicates a local authority with more spacious housing, lower overcrowding, stronger mains-gas connection, and higher car availability. National England & Wales baseline: 74/100. Source: ONS Census 2021 (OGL v3.0), census day 21 March 2021. All data is published by ONS.