Renting in Southwark
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,517 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southwark is £2,800 a month, from 1,517 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £2,200/moasking · 456 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £2,938/moasking · 649 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £3,690/moasking · 223 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £4,200/moasking · 120 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £1,170/moasking · 35 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Southwark by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southwark, updated 30 October 2026.
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Renting in Southwark
Southwark currently has 1,552 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,517 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southwark is £2,800 a month, from 1,517 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 291 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 9% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £2,000 a month in SE19 (9 live listings) to £3,500 in SE4 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Southwark (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Southwark, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southwark is £2,200 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 456 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southwark is £2,938 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 649 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southwark is £3,690 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 223 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southwark is £4,200 a month, 50% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 120 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southwark is £1,170 a month, from 35 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Southwark is £2,516 a month, up 7.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+7.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+38%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Property types
89% of listings
9% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 49% of the 127 houses currently advertised in Southwark.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,380 live listings in 16 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Southwark, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southwark, updated 30 October 2026.
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Features · Southwark
Live signal across 1,552 Southwark rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
80%
of 400 Southwark listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
67%
of 246 Southwark listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£4.37/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 434 live listings · October 2026Median 714 sqft across the 434 Southwark listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
291 homes came onto the Southwark rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Devon Mansions, London SE1
2 bed property
Building, London SE1
Studio flat/apartment
London, London, SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Devon Mansions, London, SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Devon Mansions, London, SE1
Studio flat/apartment
113B, Maltings Place, SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Snowsfields Southwark SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Bermondsey Street London Bridge SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Shard Place, London Bridge Street, London, SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Shard Place, London Bridge Street, London, SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Snowsfields, London SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
6 Rothsay Street, London Bridge SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Rowland Hill House, Nelson Square, London, SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Long Lane, London, SE1
3 bed flat/apartment
Duchess Walk, London Bridge, London, SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Lower Marsh, London SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Pocock Street, London SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
Maidstone Buildings Mews, London SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
6 Rothsay Street, London Bridge, London
3 bed flat/apartment
Whitehouse Apartments, 9 Belvedere Road, London, SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Long Lane, London, SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Weston Street, London SE1
1 bed flat/apartment
130 Blackfriars Road , London SE1
2 bed flat/apartment
Whitehouse Apartments, Belvedere Road, London
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
25 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Southwark centroid. The five closest:
Haberdashers' Borough Academy
Secondary · Free schools · SE1 0EX
Charles Dickens Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SE1 1AF
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SE1 1HG
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, the Borough
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SE1 1NJ
Friars Primary Foundation School
Primary · Foundation school · SE1 0RF
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Southwark centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southwark is £2,800 a month, from 1,517 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southwark is £2,200 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 456 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southwark is £2,938 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 649 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southwark is £3,690 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 223 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southwark is £4,200 a month, 50% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 120 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southwark is £1,170 a month, from 35 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,552 rental properties available in Southwark, with 291 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Southwark compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southwark, updated 30 October 2026.
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