Rent in SM4, London

SM4 is a postcode district mostly in Merton (it also reaches into Sutton), with wards including Cannon Hill, Figge's Marsh, Lower Morden, Merton Park. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,700 a month, −6% against the Merton figure and −17% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeSM4MertonLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,400£1,600£1,68420
2 bedrooms£1,700£1,800£2,03650
3 bedrooms£2,000£2,500£2,47230

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 SM4 include

Cannon Hill · Figge's Marsh · Lower Morden · Merton Park · Ravensbury · St Helier

Who lives in Merton

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

Owner-occupied homes56.7%46.8%
Private rentals29.1%30.0%
Social housing rentals14.2%23.1%
One-person households25.0%29.3%
Children under 1518.6%18.1%
Aged 65 and over12.6%11.9%

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