Housing in SE19 1AP
What the homes in SE19 1AP are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Gipsy Hill
- Council
- Lambeth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,469 (2024)
SE19 1APLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.1%). Flats make up 60.8%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
23.9% of households in the SE19 1AP area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 20.8% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 5.9% own outright and 18% with a mortgage.
- Owned23.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented20.8%20.5%
- Social rented54.5%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 2.3 people living in it. 33.9% 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 (26.7%). 24.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Lambeth
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Lambeth (August 2026, +3.7% 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 SE19 1AP (Gipsy Hill) (about 1,469 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.