Housing in SW17 7ET
What the homes in SW17 7ET are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Tooting Bec East
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,786 (2024)
SW17 7ETLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (49.1%). Flats make up 68.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
41.9% of households in the SW17 7ET area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 38.9% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 17.5% own outright and 24.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned41.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented38.9%20.5%
- Social rented18.4%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. 31% 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 (25%). 16.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wandsworth
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wandsworth (August 2026, +4.2% 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 SW17 7ET (Tooting Bec East) (about 1,786 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.