Rent in BR5, London
BR5 is a postcode district mostly in Bromley, with wards including Chelsfield, Chislehurst, Farnborough & Crofton, Orpington. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,500 a month, −9% against the Bromley figure and −26% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | BR5 | Bromley | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,200 | £1,325 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,500 | £1,650 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,900 | £2,000 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,500 | £2,688 | £3,353 |
Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.
Wards in BR5 include
Chelsfield · Chislehurst · Farnborough & Crofton · Orpington · Petts Wood & Knoll · St Mary Cray
Who lives in Bromley
Census 2021, whole borough (Bromley vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 69.3% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 17.4% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 13.2% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 28.5% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 18.5% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17.6% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- BR6 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,650
- BR7 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- DA14 · Bexley · 2 bedrooms £1,550
- DA15 · Bexley · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- BR2 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- BR1 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,650
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