Rent in SE12, London

SE12 is a postcode district mostly in Lewisham (it also reaches into Bromley, Greenwich), with wards including Blackheath, Eltham Town & Avery Hill, Grove Park, Hither Green. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,650 a month, −8% against the Lewisham figure and −19% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeSE12LewishamLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,306£1,450£1,68450
2 bedrooms£1,650£1,800£2,036110
3 bedrooms£2,100£2,200£2,47260
4+ bedrooms£2,600£3,075£3,35310

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 SE12 include

Blackheath · Eltham Town & Avery Hill · Grove Park · Hither Green · Kidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe · Lee Green

Who lives in Lewisham

Census 2021, whole borough (Lewisham vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes43.4%46.8%
Private rentals27.2%30.0%
Social housing rentals29.2%23.1%
One-person households30.4%29.3%
Children under 1518.3%18.1%
Aged 65 and over9.5%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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