Rent in SW9, London

SW9 is a postcode district mostly in Lambeth, with wards including Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North, Brixton Windrush, Clapham East. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,300 a month, +2% against the Lambeth figure and +13% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeSW9LambethLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,850£1,825£1,68490
2 bedrooms£2,300£2,250£2,03690
3 bedrooms£3,238£3,000£2,47240
4+ bedrooms£4,400£4,000£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 SW9 include

Brixton Acre Lane · Brixton North · Brixton Windrush · Clapham East · Clapham Town · Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction

Who lives in Lambeth

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

Owner-occupied homes34.8%46.8%
Private rentals31.4%30.0%
Social housing rentals33.6%23.1%
One-person households32.0%29.3%
Children under 1514.4%18.1%
Aged 65 and over8.6%11.9%

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