Rent in E17, London
E17 is a postcode district mostly in Waltham Forest, with wards including Chapel End, Forest, Hale End & Highams Park South, Higham Hill. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,750 a month, +3% against the Waltham Forest figure and −14% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | E17 | Waltham Forest | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,400 | £1,400 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,750 | £1,700 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £2,200 | £2,150 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,675 | £2,600 | £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 E17 include
Chapel End · Forest · Hale End & Highams Park South · Higham Hill · High Street · Hoe Street
Who lives in Waltham Forest
Census 2021, whole borough (Waltham Forest vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 50.6% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 27.8% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 21.5% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 25.9% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 19.0% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10.2% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- E10 · Waltham Forest · 2 bedrooms £1,678
- E11 · Waltham Forest · 2 bedrooms £1,714
- E18 · Redbridge · 2 bedrooms £1,725
- N17 · Haringey · 2 bedrooms £1,825
- E5 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,250
- E4 · Waltham Forest · 2 bedrooms £1,600
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