Rent in W2, London
W2 is a postcode district mostly in Westminster (it also reaches into Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea), with wards including Bayswater, Campden, Church Street, Hyde Park. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £3,250 a month, −2% against the Westminster figure and +60% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | W2 | Westminster | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £2,367 | £2,552 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £3,250 | £3,300 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £4,256 | £4,206 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £4,900 | £4,930 | £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 W2 include
Bayswater · Campden · Church Street · Hyde Park · Lancaster Gate · Little Venice
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
- W9 · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £2,750
- W8 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £4,117
- W1H · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £4,346
- NW8 · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £3,050
- W11 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,400
- SW7 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,900
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