SE21 7LY Southwark
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dulwich Wood. Region: London.
Streets
- College Road, London: 15 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Southwark in 2026-27: Band D £1,967 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,312 | £1,530 | £1,749 | £1,967 | £2,404 | £2,842 | £3,279 | £3,935 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (23% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 127 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode; in a protected area: Woodhall Drive and Road.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 10-11 Constable Walk SE21 7LX, permissioned (50 m)
- 10-11 Constable Walk SE21 7LX, permissioned (50 m)
- 83 Alleyn Park SE21 8AA, permissioned (650 m)
- 83 Alleyn Park SE21 8AA, permissioned (650 m)
- Beltwood41,Sydenham Hill,,SE26 6TH (670 m)
- St Clements Heights, 165 Wells Park Road, permissioned (700 m)
- 102,Alleyn Road,,SE21 8AH (790 m)
- The Hill House, 28 and 28a Sydenam Hill: up to 18 homes, permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 67%, gigabit 67% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 20 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 66% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 3% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 13% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 53% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 75% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on College Road.