Merton

Borough · London · United Kingdom

South-west London borough around Wimbledon and its common, with more affordable Mitcham and Morden to the east.

Median rent, 2-bed home£1,800 per month
Price level£££££
Good forFamiliesEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Families; Wimbledon's schools, common and trains

Watch out for

Big gap between Wimbledon and the rest; tennis-fortnight crowds

Neighborhoods

  • Wimbledon
  • Mitcham
  • Morden
  • Colliers Wood
  • Raynes Park

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Merton was £1,800 in 2025/26, 12% below the London average. It is the 21st most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£811
Studio£1,200
1 bedroom£1,600
2 bedrooms£1,800
3 bedrooms£2,500
4+ bedrooms£3,750

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 Merton

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
CR4Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Hackbridge, Lavender Fields£1,300£1,450£1,900
SM4Cannon Hill, Figge's Marsh, Lower Morden, Merton Park, Ravensbury, St Helier£1,400£1,700£2,000
SW19Abbey, Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Hillside, Lavender Fields, Merton Park£1,650£1,950£2,750
SW20Cannon Hill, Coombe Hill, Hillside, Lower Morden, Merton Park, Raynes Park£1,600£1,900£2,850
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 hereMertonLondon
Population215,1878,799,725
One-person households25.0%29.3%
Children under 1518.6%18.1%
Aged 15–2410.2%12.3%
Aged 65 and over12.6%11.9%
Social housing rentals14.2%23.1%
Private rentals29.1%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes56.7%46.8%

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

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Getting around

  • District and Northern lines; South Western Railway; Tramlink

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