Housing in SE18 3SU
What the homes in SE18 3SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Woolwich Common
- Council
- Greenwich
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,520 (2024)
SE18 3SULondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (56.3%). Flats make up 22.1%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
22.9% of households in the SE18 3SU 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%. 6.6% own outright and 16.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned22.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.7%1%
- Private rented12.2%20.5%
- Social rented63.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.2 people living in it. 18.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (18%). 32.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Greenwich
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Greenwich (August 2026, +6.1% 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 SE18 3SU (Woolwich Common) (about 1,520 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.