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State of the Borough: A Place to Call Home

Everyone in Camden should have a place they call home. We’ve looked at affordability, housing supply and demand, and the quality of housing.

The report focuses on the outcomes that are important for living a good life in Camden, based on the Good Life Camden (GLC) framework. This identifies the things that are important and how to measure them.

Find key facts and figures, as well as the full chapter report.

Affordability of homes

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“It’s so expensive to live where I call home. I’ve been here 15 years, but financing is the problem. Salaries stay the same and house prices keep rising” - Male, 35 to 44

  • House prices in Camden are amongst the highest in the UK, increasing in 2025 to £876,065 on average
  • In March 2025 there were 8,380 households on the waiting list for social housing, an increase of 9.5% from 2024
  • In 2024/25, 975 people were seen rough sleeping in the borough, an increase of 8% on the previous year

 

Quality of housing

  • In 2023, 3% of occupied homes in the borough had problems with damp and mould
  • In 2024, Camden's housing energy efficiency rating was C, the same as the London average