Housing in SW9 8SE
What the homes in SW9 8SE are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Brixton North
- Council
- Lambeth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,713 (2024)
SW9 8SELondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (65.9%). Flats make up 80.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
17.6% of households in the SW9 8SE area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 21.3% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 7.5% own outright and 10.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned17.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership11.1%1%
- Private rented21.3%20.5%
- Social rented49.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.7%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. 34.1% 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 (27.6%). 21.4% 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 8SE (Brixton North) (about 1,713 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.