Housing in SW17 7LS
What the homes in SW17 7LS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Upper Tooting
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,797 (2024)
SW17 7LSLondon
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (47.5%). Flats make up 31.1%, above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the SW17 7LS area is well below that, at 40%. The private rented sector is more than double the national picture, at 46.5% of households against 20.5%. 22.9% own outright and 17.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned40%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.4%1%
- Private rented46.5%20.5%
- Social rented10.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.9 people living in it. 18.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers and other households, at 33.3%. 18.3% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood SW17 7LS sits in (Upper Tooting): about 1,797 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.