House prices in 'SE17 1', Elephant And Castle

Price per square foot data and charts revealed. Latest statistics for the housing market in 'SE17 1' (Elephant And Castle, Walworth) - calculated on 11 April 2026.

Defining 'SE17 1'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "SE17 1", this is also called the postcode sector. There are no official postcode sector names so I've just labelled it SE17 1, Elephant And Castle. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square foot

Knowing the average house price in SE17 1 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square foot can be quite useful. Price per sqft allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square foot as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

For example in February 2026, Flat 4 Herbert Morrison House, 1, Browning Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1LN sold for £500,000. Given the internal area of 721 square feet recorded on the EPC, the price per sqft is £500,000 ÷ 721 sqft = £693.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on SE17 1 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqft for 'SE17 1' vs 'SE17'

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqft in SE17 1 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £834 to £882, £882 to £930, £930 to £979 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 372 sales that took place in SE17 1, Elephant And Castle, Walworth in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in SE17 1, Elephant And Castle. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £1,141 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of SE17 1 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqft for SE17 1

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square foot property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Elephant And Castle. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'SE17 1' as well as the 'SE17' postcode district.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square foot in 'SE17 1' is £1,017.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 372 transactions in SE17 1, Elephant And Castle half were sold for between £832 and £1,141 per square foot.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 372 for SE17 1, Elephant And Castle.

    • Property price map for Elephant And Castle

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Elephant And Castle' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Elephant And Castle 🔍 Explore map ›

    Elephant And Castle house price forecasting

    House prices in SE17 1 fell -9.1% in the last year, -11.9% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in SE17 1 (Elephant And Castle) compared with the wider postcode district of SE17.

    House price index for SE17 1

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

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    The chart above shows changes in 'SE17 1' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqft for property in SE17 1 and is set to 100 in 2004. I'm comparing the trends for SE17 1,Elephant And Castle with the wider postcode district of SE17 What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Southwark local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for SE17 1
    SE17 1 sector SE17 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 4.1% 1.2% 3.6% 0.7%
    20 yr total 122.0% 27.4% 102.0% 15.9%
    10 yr per annum -0.5% -3.8% -0.7% -3.9%
    10 yr total -5.1% -32.0% -6.4% -32.9%
    5 yr per annum 0.1% -4.7% -0.9% -5.6%
    5 yr total 0.5% -21.2% -4.2% -24.9%
    1 yr per annum -9.1% -11.9% -9.1% -11.9%
    1 yr total -9.1% -11.9% -9.1% -11.9%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, SE17 district have seen a 0.7% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 15.9% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, SE17 1 sector have seen a -4.7% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -21.2% in real terms.

    Most recent SE17 1 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqft Recent sales
    Heygate Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1F 688 sqft £733 26
    Deacon Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1G 731 sqft £928 20
    Wansey Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1F 850 sqft £932 14
    Waleorde Road, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1G 699 sqft £765 13
    Sayer Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1F 645 sqft £962 11
    Henshaw Street, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1P 1,044 sqft £823 10
    Rodney Road, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1F 678 sqft £590 9
    Rodney Road, Elephant And Castle, SE17 1A 656 sqft £813 9

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'SE17 1' compares to the other postcode sectors in SE17.

    Sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    SE5 0 Denmark Hill £545 sqft £626 sqft £696 sqft 182
    SE17 3 Kennington £609 sqft £728 sqft £832 sqft 212
    SE17 2 Kennington £473 sqft £585 sqft £711 sqft 98
    SE17 1 Elephant And Castle £832 sqft £1,017 sqft £1,141 sqft 372
    SE1 6 Elephant And Castle £633 sqft £779 sqft £957 sqft 150
    SE1 5 London Bridge £536 sqft £652 sqft £765 sqft 143
    SE1 4 London Bridge £635 sqft £731 sqft £844 sqft 216
    SE1 3 London Bridge £696 sqft £802 sqft £911 sqft 195
    SE11 4 Kennington £691 sqft £775 sqft £913 sqft 156
    SE1 1 Borough £681 sqft £779 sqft £841 sqft 78

    Raw data

    Our analysis of SE17 1 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqft £/sqft
    Flat 4 Herbert Morrison House, 1, Browning St, Elephant And Castle, Walworth £500,000
    Feb-2026
    		 721 693
    Apartment 505 Tarling House, 3, Walworth Square, Elephant And Castle, Walworth £1,345,000
    Feb-2026
    		 1,313 1,024
    Apartment 401 Beck House, 3, New Lion Way, Elephant And Castle, Walworth £225,750
    Jan-2026
    		 667 338

    See the entire list of all sales in SE17 1 here.

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