Greenwich is mostly young, educated renters. About six in ten households rent. The typical resident is in their early thirties. Almost two-thirds have a degree. The Tudor court once filled this riverside, and now it is full of graduates sharing flats.
At the 2021 Census, which is the source for every population figure here, about 37% of households owned their home. About 31% rented privately and about 28% rented from a council or housing association. That makes it a three-way split, with owners, private tenants and social tenants each around a third, often in the same blocks.
The median age is 33, and about 47% of residents are between 25 and 44. Nearly half the population is in the years when three railway stations nearby count for more than a garden.
The Office for National Statistics models average household income at about £85,000 a year before tax, for the financial year to March 2023. That is a modelled figure for the area, from a few years back, and before tax it always looks better than what reaches the bank account. In Greenwich, a large share of what does arrive goes on rent.
Living alone is common. About 32% of households are one person, and that includes about 6% who are pensioners living alone. Couples with children make up about 16% of households and lone parents about 12%. The one-person flat is the standard home here, and the family house is the exception.
About 64% of residents hold a degree, about 9% have no qualifications and about 4% are full-time students. The University of Greenwich teaches in the old Royal Naval College, yet students are a small share of the people who live nearby, so most of the lecture theatres fill with people who sleep somewhere else.
At the census, about 88% of residents described their health as good or very good, and about 3% as bad or very bad. Across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, deaths from preventable causes run at a rate similar to England's. About 9% of the borough's adults smoke, which is also similar to England.
The people of Greenwich lean young, educated and well paid, and they move on often. The area works well for anyone who wants neighbours at the same stage of life and doesn't mind that many of them will have moved within a few years.