Housing in SE1 0FA
What the homes in SE1 0FA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Borough & Southwark Street
- Council
- Southwark
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,097 (2024)
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What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (78.8%). Flats make up 95.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
21% of households in the SE1 0FA area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 46.5% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 7.6% own outright and 13.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned21%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.5%1%
- Private rented46.5%20.5%
- Social rented30.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 43.6% 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 (37.6%). 10.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Southwark
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Southwark (August 2026, +5.4% 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 SE1 0FA (Borough & Southwark Street) (about 2,097 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.