Housing in SW9 6AU
What the homes in SW9 6AU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Stockwell East
- Council
- Lambeth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,822 (2024)
SW9 6AULondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (65.9%). Flats make up 93%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
23.6% of households in the SW9 6AU area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 34.8% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 6.4% own outright and 17.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned23.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented34.8%20.5%
- Social rented39.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 32.3% 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 (26.3%). 16.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Lambeth
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Lambeth (August 2026, +3.7% 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 SW9 6AU (Stockwell East) (about 1,822 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.