Housing in SW17 8QE
What the homes in SW17 8QE are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Tooting Bec West
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,275 (2024)
SW17 8QELondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are flats in converted or shared houses (46.1%). Flats make up 56.7%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
54.8% of households in the SW17 8QE area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 27.6% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 20.4% own outright and 34.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned54.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.4%1%
- Private rented27.6%20.5%
- Social rented17.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 31.9% 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 (24.5%). 23.3% 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). 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 8QE (Tooting Bec West) (about 1,275 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.