Housing in RH5 6BW
What the homes in RH5 6BW are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Dorking North & Westhumble
- Council
- Mole Valley
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,992 (2024)
- Status
- No longer in use
RH5 6BWDorking
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (36.1%). Flats make up 24%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
78.8% of households in the RH5 6BW area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 16.1% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 45.5% own outright and 33.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned78.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.6%1%
- Private rented16.1%20.5%
- Social rented4.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 32% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (22.4%). 18.6% 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 RH5 6BW (Dorking North & Westhumble) (about 1,992 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.