Housing in SE15 1BB
What the homes in SE15 1BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Peckham Park Road
- Council
- Southwark
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,972 (2024)
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What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (90.9%). Flats make up 93.5%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
10.8% of households in the SE15 1BB area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 12.2% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 3.7% own outright and 7.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned10.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.7%1%
- Private rented12.2%20.5%
- Social rented74.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free1.5%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.7 people living in it. 23.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a lone parent with dependent children (21.5%). 35.7% 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 SE15 1BB (Peckham Park Road) (about 1,972 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.