Rent in SE2, London

SE2 is a postcode district mostly in Greenwich (it also reaches into Bexley), with wards including Abbey Wood, Belvedere, Plumstead Common, Plumstead & Glyndon. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,575 a month, −17% against the Greenwich figure and −23% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeSE2GreenwichLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,250£1,600£1,68430
2 bedrooms£1,575£1,900£2,03660
3 bedrooms£1,800£2,200£2,47280
4+ bedrooms£1,650£2,750£3,35320

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 SE2 include

Abbey Wood · Belvedere · Plumstead Common · Plumstead & Glyndon · Thamesmead East · West Heath

Who lives in Greenwich

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

Owner-occupied homes43.3%46.8%
Private rentals25.5%30.0%
Social housing rentals31.0%23.1%
One-person households29.9%29.3%
Children under 1519.4%18.1%
Aged 65 and over10.5%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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