Rent in SE23, London
SE23 is a postcode district mostly in Lewisham (it also reaches into Southwark), with wards including Crofton Park, Dulwich Hill, Dulwich Wood, Forest Hill. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,800 a month, ±0% against the Lewisham figure and −12% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | SE23 | Lewisham | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,400 | £1,450 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,800 | £1,800 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £2,375 | £2,200 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,800 | £3,075 | £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 SE23 include
Crofton Park · Dulwich Hill · Dulwich Wood · Forest Hill · Peckham Rye · Perry Vale
Who lives in Lewisham
Census 2021, whole borough (Lewisham vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 43.4% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 27.2% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 29.2% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 30.4% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 18.3% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9.5% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- SE26 · Lewisham · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- SE22 · Southwark · 2 bedrooms £2,000
- SE6 · Lewisham · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- SE4 · Lewisham · 2 bedrooms £1,950
- SE21 · Southwark · 2 bedrooms £1,800
- SE20 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,620
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