Housing in SW18 5JX
What the homes in SW18 5JX are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Merton Road
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,839 (2024)
SW18 5JXLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (45.2%). Flats make up 50.5%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
54.7% of households in the SW18 5JX area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 26% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 20.7% own outright and 34.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned54.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.6%1%
- Private rented26%20.5%
- Social rented17.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 24.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (25.3%). 31.2% 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 SW18 5JX (Merton Road) (about 1,839 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.