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City of London

London borough

Central London. 15,631 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

None of City of London’s 6 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£726,633
Down 14.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Deprivation score
10.2
Joint 29th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Population estimate
15,631
Up 0.9% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index

How City of London compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

City of LondonMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Aug 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £114,526 to £1,204,072. The middle area is £271,489. City of London is £726,633.
£726,6337th most expensive
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Aug 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −14.6% to 13.6%. The middle area is 1.1%. City of London is −14.6%.
−14.6%weakest
Deprivation scoreEngland only296 areas, England · 2025
Deprivation score: every council in England296 areas from 5.9 to 43.5. The middle area is 19.0. City of London is 10.2.
10.2joint 29th least deprived
Population estimate361 areas, UK · 2025
Population estimate: every council in UK361 areas from 2,299 to 1,176,960. The middle area is 148,772. City of London is 15,631.
15,6312nd least populated
Annual population change361 areas, UK · 2025
Annual population change: every council in UK361 areas from −3.5% to 2.4%. The middle area is 0.4%. City of London is 0.9%.
+0.9%joint 82nd fastest growing
People in radon Affected Area squares361 areas, UK · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every council in UK361 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 42.0%. City of London is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, deprivation score, population estimate, annual population change and people in radon affected area squares.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. City of London’s is 4.2 times its 2000 level, faster than London’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for City of London, London, England, January 2000 to August 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthCity of LondonLondonEngland
Jan 2000£171,646£139,611£71,017
Jan 2001£280,838£160,094£79,663
Jan 2002£340,092£181,823£90,840
Jan 2003£258,493£221,778£114,816
Jan 2004£322,975£234,296£131,914
Jan 2005£326,384£248,820£149,713
Jan 2006£312,313£256,767£157,240
Jan 2007£356,576£286,542£171,666
Jan 2008£466,177£319,663£181,037
Jan 2009£395,495£270,949£153,585
Jan 2010£458,841£299,459£164,711
Jan 2011£437,084£308,301£164,697
Jan 2012£519,390£315,128£164,449
Jan 2013£459,844£333,332£166,938
Jan 2014£617,472£380,935£177,748
Jan 2015£774,227£431,270£191,523
Jan 2016£727,913£489,741£208,050
Jan 2017£810,424£509,175£218,655
Jan 2018£792,466£513,622£227,594
Jan 2019£855,209£503,232£230,974
Jan 2020£764,614£509,527£234,049
Jan 2021£745,143£529,101£249,890
Jan 2022£1,021,539£550,635£270,231
Jan 2023£873,408£570,869£285,817
Jan 2024£826,426£551,097£278,060
Jan 2025£815,824£563,861£287,264
Jan 2026£714,100£553,643£290,474
Aug 2026£726,633£554,430£293,525

Wards in City of London25

Middle areas in City of London1

Towns in City of London1

Postcodes in City of London1

Neighbourhoods in City of London6
City of London in brief

City of London’s average house price was £726,633 in August 2026.

City of London has a deprivation score of 10.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

City of London’s population was an estimated 15,631 in mid-2025.

About 0% of people in City of London live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.