Housing in RH4 3HN
What the homes in RH4 3HN are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Dorking South
- Council
- Mole Valley
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,981 (2024)
RH4 3HNDorking
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (28.8%). Flats make up 38.5%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
53.3% of households in the RH4 3HN area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 30.9% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 25.4% own outright and 27.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned53.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.3%1%
- Private rented30.9%20.5%
- Social rented13.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 32.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (20.7%). 26.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Mole Valley
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Mole Valley (August 2026, +2.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around RH4 3HN (Dorking South) (about 1,981 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.