SE17 1GN House Prices & Local Information

SE17 1GN is an up-and-coming urban area located 0.3km from Elephant and Castle in Southwark. Administratively it sits within Chaucer ward and the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SE17 1GN is a university campus area — mostly students in halls, very high turnover. During the day, ethnically mixed workforce in transportation and storage. It has a young, student-heavy population (average age 23) — lively, but with high tenant turnover. 36% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 100% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Southwark. Full-time employment stands at 17% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (155 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for SE17 1GN are sourced from Output Area E00177680 (shared with 18 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.