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SW19 Hillside — Family Area Report

Hillside · Merton

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Merton£2,225/yr
Family densityAverage · 22–27%26.7% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

SW19 is the London postcode area covering Hillside in the London Borough of Merton. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 20 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is Waterloo in 35 min on the morning rush. 26.7% of households here have dependent children — average.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density30
Commute70

Schools

20 within 1 mile

  • Willington School

    Independent · 225 pupils

    163m

  • Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School

    Primary · 467 pupils

    Outstanding (pre-2024)
    414m

  • Ricards Lodge High School

    Secondary · 1534 pupils

    439m

  • RR6

    Sixth form

    439m

  • Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Primary · 426 pupils

    Outstanding (pre-2024)
    598m

  • Wimbledon High School GDST

    Independent · 1085 pupils

    614m

  • TCES National Online School

    All-through · 343 pupils

    726m

  • The Priory CofE School

    Primary · 171 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    769m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    4
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    8

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Good · 25–35 min
    WaterlooFastest
    35 min
    via South Western Railway
    King's Cross
    52 min
    via South Western Railway & Victoria + 1 bus
    Liverpool Street
    54 min
    via South Western Railway & Waterloo & City & Central
    Canary Wharf
    60 min
    via South Western Railway & Jubilee
    Paddington
    43 min
    via District
    Victoria
    43 min
    via South Western Railway + 1 bus

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: Waterloo in 35 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode SW19. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    SW19 — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Hillside, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    Is SW19 a good area for families?
    SW19 (Hillside, Merton) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in SW19?
    There are 20 schools within a mile of SW19, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. SW19 scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is SW19?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in SW19 in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, SW19 scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from SW19 to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from SW19 is Waterloo in about 35 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in SW19?
    26.7% of households in SW19's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as average (22–27%) versus the rest of London.

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