Rent in SW1W, London
SW1W is a postcode district mostly in Westminster (it also reaches into Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth), with wards including Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Nine Elms, Pimlico North, Royal Hospital. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £3,987 a month, +21% against the Westminster figure and +96% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | SW1W | Westminster | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £2,974 | £2,552 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £3,987 | £3,300 | £2,036 |
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 SW1W include
Knightsbridge & Belgravia · Nine Elms · Pimlico North · Royal Hospital · St James's
Who lives in Westminster
Census 2021, whole borough (Westminster vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 28.1% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 43.3% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 28.3% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 42.7% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 12.2% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12.1% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- SW1X · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £4,333
- SW1V · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £3,432
- SW3 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,800
- SW1P · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £3,000
- SW7 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,900
- SW8 · Lambeth · 2 bedrooms £2,500
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