Southwark

Borough · London · United Kingdom

South London borough from the South Bank and London Bridge down through Bermondsey, Peckham and Camberwell to leafy Dulwich. Large council estates beside new towers at Elephant and Castle.

Median rent, 2-bed home£2,250 per month
Price level£££££
Good forEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Young professionals; short trips to the City and South Bank

Watch out for

High rents near the river; patchy Tube in the south

Neighborhoods

  • Peckham
  • Bermondsey
  • Camberwell
  • Dulwich
  • Elephant and Castle
  • Rotherhithe

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Southwark was £2,250 in 2025/26, 11% above the London average. It is the 11th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£875
Studio£1,650
1 bedroom£1,800
2 bedrooms£2,250
3 bedrooms£2,750
4+ bedrooms£3,500

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Southwark

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
SE1Borough & Bankside, Chaucer, Faraday, Kennington, London Bridge & West Bermondsey, North Bermondsey£2,024£2,500£2,850
SE5Brixton North, Camberwell Green, Champion Hill, Dulwich Village, Faraday, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction£1,700£2,000£2,600
SE15Goose Green, New Cross Gate, Nunhead & Queen's Road, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Peckham Rye£1,575£2,000£2,600
SE16Evelyn, London Bridge & West Bermondsey, New Cross Gate, North Bermondsey, Old Kent Road, Rotherhithe£1,913£2,350£3,042
SE17Faraday, Newington, North Walworth£1,825£2,150£2,650
SE21Dulwich Village, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy Hill, St Martin's, West Dulwich£1,625£1,800£2,650
SE22Champion Hill, Dulwich Hill, Dulwich Village, Dulwich Wood, Goose Green, Peckham Rye£1,600£2,000£2,600
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereSouthwarkLondon
Population307,6358,799,725
One-person households33.1%29.3%
Children under 1515.8%18.1%
Aged 15–2413.5%12.3%
Aged 65 and over8.3%11.9%
Social housing rentals39.7%23.1%
Private rentals28.7%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes31.3%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo lines; Overground; Thameslink

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