Rent in SW20, London
SW20 is a postcode district mostly in Merton (it also reaches into Kingston upon Thames), with wards including Cannon Hill, Coombe Hill, Hillside, Lower Morden. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,900 a month, +6% against the Merton figure and −7% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | SW20 | Merton | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,600 | £1,600 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,900 | £1,800 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £2,850 | £2,500 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £3,750 | £3,750 | £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 SW20 include
Cannon Hill · Coombe Hill · Hillside · Lower Morden · Merton Park · Raynes Park
Who lives in Merton
Census 2021, whole borough (Merton vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 56.7% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 29.1% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 14.2% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 25.0% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 18.6% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12.6% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- SW19 · Merton · 2 bedrooms £1,950
- KT3 · Kingston upon Thames · 2 bedrooms £1,500
- SM4 · Merton · 2 bedrooms £1,700
- KT4 · Sutton · 2 bedrooms £1,750
- KT2 · Kingston upon Thames · 2 bedrooms £1,785
- SM3 · Sutton · 2 bedrooms £1,500
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