SW postcode area: South West London
The SW postcode area is known as the South West London area. It is every postcode that begins SW followed by a number. It has 28 districts and 20,109 postcodes in use, across 9 councils.
Homes in the SW area sold for a typical £640,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £465,000 in SW16 (Lambeth) to £2,445,000 in SW1X (City of Westminster).
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 51.4613
Longitude -0.1690
This is the middle of the postcodes in the SW area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the SW area?
Homes in the SW area sold for a typical £640,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 8,538 sales, down 4.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £2,450,000 131 sales
- Semi-detached £1,225,000 488 sales
- Terraced £1,020,000 2,250 sales
- Flat or maisonette £515,000 5,669 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the SW districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- SW1A postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 145 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home76 of 125 At flood risk48 of 145
- SW1E postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 87 postcodes Typical price£887,500 Gigabit, every home58 of 75 At flood risk33 of 87
- SW1H postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 91 postcodes Typical price£837,500 Gigabit, every home66 of 81 At flood risk75 of 91
- SW1P postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 752 postcodes Typical price£725,000 Gigabit, every home389 of 457 At flood risk403 of 752
- SW1V postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 572 postcodes Typical price£650,000 Gigabit, every home452 of 551 At flood risk245 of 572
- SW1W postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth 343 postcodes Typical price£1,375,000 Gigabit, every home208 of 321 At flood risk42 of 343
- SW1X postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth 402 postcodes Typical price£2,445,000 Gigabit, every home306 of 387 At flood risk1 of 402
- SW1Y postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Wandsworth 183 postcodes Typical price£900,000 Gigabit, every home144 of 168 At flood riskNone listed
- SW2 postcode district: LambethLambeth 1,034 postcodes Typical price£510,000 Gigabit, every home891 of 1,008 At flood riskNone listed
- SW3 postcode district: Kensington and ChelseaKensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Westminster 868 postcodes Typical price£1,150,000 Gigabit, every home681 of 829 At flood risk46 of 868
- SW4 postcode district: LambethLambeth, Wandsworth 932 postcodes Typical price£600,000 Gigabit, every home758 of 899 At flood riskNone listed
- SW5 postcode district: Kensington and ChelseaKensington and Chelsea 306 postcodes Typical price£888,000 Gigabit, every home249 of 294 At flood riskNone listed
- SW6 postcode district: Hammersmith and FulhamHammersmith and Fulham 1,506 postcodes Typical price£775,000 Gigabit, every home1,153 of 1,420 At flood risk388 of 1,506
- SW7 postcode district: Kensington and ChelseaKensington and Chelsea, Westminster 639 postcodes Typical price£1,390,000 Gigabit, every home445 of 591 At flood riskNone listed
- SW8 postcode district: LambethLambeth, Wandsworth 858 postcodes Typical price£540,000 Gigabit, every home628 of 815 At flood risk303 of 858
- SW9 postcode district: LambethLambeth 969 postcodes Typical price£495,000 Gigabit, every home803 of 941 At flood riskNone listed
- SW10 postcode district: Kensington and ChelseaKensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham 468 postcodes Typical price£872,175 Gigabit, every home354 of 442 At flood risk14 of 468
- SW11 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth 1,527 postcodes Typical price£726,000 Gigabit, every home1,119 of 1,456 At flood risk616 of 1,527
- SW12 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth, Lambeth 594 postcodes Typical price£700,000 Gigabit, every home496 of 576 At flood riskNone listed
- SW13 postcode district: Richmond upon ThamesRichmond upon Thames 373 postcodes Typical price£1,200,000 Gigabit, every home258 of 360 At flood risk288 of 373
- SW14 postcode district: Richmond upon ThamesRichmond upon Thames 366 postcodes Typical price£870,000 Gigabit, every home255 of 354 At flood risk83 of 366
- SW15 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames 1,225 postcodes Typical price£610,000 Gigabit, every home811 of 1,181 At flood risk23 of 1,225
- SW16 postcode district: LambethLambeth, Croydon, Wandsworth, Merton 1,353 postcodes Typical price£465,000 Gigabit, every home1,059 of 1,315 At flood risk96 of 1,353
- SW17 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth, Merton 1,001 postcodes Typical price£585,000 Gigabit, every home828 of 964 At flood risk112 of 1,001
- SW18 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth, Merton 1,242 postcodes Typical price£620,000 Gigabit, every home974 of 1,176 At flood risk327 of 1,242
- SW19 postcode district: MertonMerton, Wandsworth 1,659 postcodes Typical price£595,000 Gigabit, every home1,181 of 1,592 At flood risk107 of 1,659
- SW20 postcode district: MertonMerton, Kingston upon Thames 570 postcodes Typical price£690,000 Gigabit, every home452 of 531 At flood risk41 of 570
- SW95 postcode district: WandsworthWandsworth, Lambeth 44 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the SW area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the SW area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the SW area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Wandsworth6,320 postcodes
- Lambeth4,464 postcodes
- Kensington and Chelsea2,303 postcodes
- Westminster2,208 postcodes
- Merton2,176 postcodes
- Hammersmith and Fulham1,527 postcodes
- Richmond upon Thames756 postcodes
- Croydon302 postcodes
- Kingston upon Thames53 postcodes
Near the SW area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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