KINGLAKE STREET, SE17 2RA House Prices & Local Information

SE17 2RA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Kinglake Street, 0.5km from Walworth in Southwark. Administratively it sits within Faraday ward and the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SE17 2RA is a young, diverse area with many ethnic minority families and children. By day, the area transitions to a independent professional metro services character: higher status cosmopolitan professional services and self-employment. With residents averaging 35 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 66% 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.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 88 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £209k. 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 2RA are sourced from Output Area E00019928 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.