Housing in SE3 7AA
What the homes in SE3 7AA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Blackheath Standard & Village
- Council
- Greenwich
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,689 (2024)
SE3 7AALondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are flats in converted or shared houses (42.1%). Flats make up 76.7%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
49.6% of households in the SE3 7AA area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 41.1% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 22.7% own outright and 26.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned49.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented41.1%20.5%
- Social rented9.1%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 2.1 people living in it. 35.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (26.1%). 20.8% 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 SE3 7AA (Blackheath Standard & Village) (about 1,689 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.