Rent in WC1X, London

WC1X is a postcode district mostly in Camden (it also reaches into Islington), with wards including Clerkenwell, Holborn & Covent Garden, King's Cross. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,900 a month, +9% against the Camden figure and +42% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeWC1XCamdenLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£2,100£1,925£1,68430
2 bedrooms£2,900£2,650£2,03610
3 bedrooms£3,800£3,350£2,47210

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 WC1X include

Clerkenwell · Holborn & Covent Garden · King's Cross

Who lives in Camden

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

Owner-occupied homes30.4%46.8%
Private rentals35.6%30.0%
Social housing rentals33.7%23.1%
One-person households38.7%29.3%
Children under 1514.4%18.1%
Aged 65 and over11.8%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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