Housing in SW9 9LX
What the homes in SW9 9LX are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Stockwell South
- Council
- Lambeth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,517 (2024)
SW9 9LXLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (55.4%). Flats make up 76.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
23.1% of households in the SW9 9LX area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 32.2% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 7.6% own outright and 15.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned23.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.6%1%
- Private rented32.2%20.5%
- Social rented43.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%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. 26.4% 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 (27.1%). 21.3% 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 9LX (Stockwell South) (about 1,517 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.