Bexley

Borough · London · United Kingdom

Suburban south-east London on the Kent border: semi-detached streets, parks and town centres like Bexleyheath and Sidcup. Abbey Wood has the Elizabeth line.

Median rent, 2-bed home£1,600 per month
Price level£££££
Good forEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Houses with gardens at lower London rents

Watch out for

No Tube; rail and the Elizabeth line only at Abbey Wood

Neighborhoods

  • Bexleyheath
  • Sidcup
  • Erith
  • Welling
  • Abbey Wood

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Bexley was £1,600 in 2025/26, 21% below the London average. It is the 30th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£800
Studio£975
1 bedroom£1,250
2 bedrooms£1,600
3 bedrooms£1,900
4+ bedrooms£2,300

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Bexley

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
DA5Bexleyheath, Blendon & Penhill, Crayford, Crook Log, Joyden's Wood, Maypole & Leyton Cross£1,375£1,655£2,000
DA6Bexleyheath, Crayford, Crook Log£1,250£1,650£1,900
DA7Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Crook Log, Northumberland Heath, West Heath£1,400£1,600£2,050
DA8Barnehurst, Belvedere, Erith, Northumberland Heath, Slade Green & Northend£1,135£1,600£1,865
DA14Blendon & Penhill, Chislehurst, Joyden's Wood, Longlands, Sidcup, St Mary's & St James£1,300£1,550£1,900
DA15Blackfen & Lamorbey, Blendon & Penhill, Crook Log, Eltham Town & Avery Hill, Falconwood & Welling, Longlands£1,450£1,700£2,000
DA16Crook Log, East Wickham, Falconwood & Welling, Shooters Hill, West Heath£1,200£1,675£2,000
DA17Belvedere, Erith, Northumberland Heath, West Heath, West Hill£1,250£1,563£1,850
DA18Slade Green & Northend, Thamesmead East£1,250–£1,474
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereBexleyLondon
Population246,4728,799,725
One-person households26.0%29.3%
Children under 1519.3%18.1%
Aged 15–2411.2%12.3%
Aged 65 and over16.6%11.9%
Social housing rentals14.7%23.1%
Private rentals15.3%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes70.0%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Southeastern rail; Elizabeth line at Abbey Wood

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