The People

Estimated resident population (2006) = 51,267

• Female 52%
• Male 48%

Age Structure

• 0-14 years 18.0%
• 15-64 years 72.4%
• 65+ years 9.6%

Compared to Southwark as a whole, Dulwich locality has fewer people in their 20s, fewer female babies and toddlers (0-4 year-olds) but slightly more women in their 30s and early 40s.  The age structure varies greatly by ward.

It is predicted that Dulwich will experience a population increase of 11.5% by 2016, the smallest increase of all four localities.  Most expansion is expected in 0 to 14 year olds and 35 to 64 year olds.

Ethnicity
Approximately 69% of the population of Dulwich is white, 21% Black and 4% Asian. The ethnic composition varies greatly within Dulwich, with some wards being predominantly White, such as Village, and others, such as South Camberwell and Nunhead, being much more diverse.

Education
Of the seven secondary schools located in Dulwich, five schools achieved higher than the national average and three of these had either 99% or 100% of pupils achieving the grades. Below are the percentages of pupils aged 15 achieving either 5 or more GCSE passes at grades A*-C:

• Alleyn's Schoo 99%
• The Charter School 57%
• Dulwich College 99%
• James Allen's Girls' School 100%
• Kingsdale Secondary School 50%
• The St Thomas the Apostle College 65%
• Waverley School 34%
  
• Southwark average 47%
• National average 56%

Alleyn’s, Dulwich College and JAG’s are fee-paying schools.

Unemployment
All wards except Nunhead in the Dulwich locality had lower rates of job-seeker claimants than the overall Southwark rate.

Crime
In general crime offences in the Dulwich locality in 2005 were lower than Southwark as a whole and the area covered by the Metropolitan Police. However, within the locality there was much variation:

• College had the highest rate of fraud & forgery offences per 1,000 population than any other ward within the borough
• Nunhead ward had a much higher rate of drug offences and violence against the person offences per 1,000 population than the other wards within the Dulwich locality
• Dulwich locality had lower levels of reported crime for both theft & handling offences and criminal damage offences per 1,000 population than both the Southwark average and the Met average.