Housing in SE17 2FT
What the homes in SE17 2FT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Burgess Park
- Council
- Southwark
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,312 (2024)
SE17 2FTLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (91.2%). Flats make up 95.7%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
9% of households in the SE17 2FT area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 15.3% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 2.5% own outright and 6.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned9%61.3%
- Shared ownership10.8%1%
- Private rented15.3%20.5%
- Social rented64.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.8%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. 22.3% 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 (24.2%). 37.1% 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 SE17 2FT (Burgess Park) (about 1,312 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.