South Drive, Coulsdon CR5: house prices, homes and local area information
The most common home is a flat of about 67 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 22 addresses are in our records and 54 sales since 1995.
South Drive ranks 91st of 110 roads in CR5 by typical home value (£390,000), 32% below the CR5 median of £574,000; prices here have risen about 7.8% a year between sales.
Latest recorded sale 31 Mar 2026. How we calculate this.
- What we found
- 54 sales on record since 1995 across 22 addresses.
- 22 addresses in 1 postcode: CR5 2BJ.
- 59% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 43 min, including the walk to Coulsdon Town (260 m).
- In Coulsdon Town ward, London Borough of Croydon.
About South Drive, Coulsdon CR5: a short street
South Drive is a short street in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon. We hold 22 addresses on it in CR5 2BJ, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency. The nearest station is Coulsdon Town, about 260 m away.
The most common home is a flat of about 67 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 32% of rated homes sit in EPC band D and 59% reach band C or better, compared with 40% across the wider CR5 sample. By type: flats 68%, semi-detached houses 27%, detached houses 5%. 50% of homes with a recorded age date from 1967 onwards.
There are too few recent sales on South Drive to publish a reliable median, so the figures below lean on the postcode and the wider area. Among the 131 CR5 roads we rank, South Drive is 7th for house price per square metre.
Map of South Drive: every home by price per m²
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale. Switch the colouring to see where prices, energy ratings and recent sales cluster.
South Drive house prices: up 12% since 2015
Every recorded sale since 1995, with the yearly median as a line. Highest recorded sale £495,000 (Flat 1, 1 South Drive, 2023); lowest £45,000 (1997).
Homes on South Drive: mostly flat, and most are rated EPC C
Type
Age
Tenure when last surveyed
Median home: 67 m², 3 habitable rooms.
EPC energy ratings on South Drive
41% of rated homes are D or below, against 60% across the wider CR5 sample.
How long people stay on South Drive: about 5.0 years, with resold homes gaining 7.8% a year
Time between consecutive sales of the same home. A short gap often means a quick resale after renovation; a long gap means a settled street.
Years between sales of the same home
Number of repeat sales by years held. 9 of 22 addresses (41%) have sold since 2021.
Biggest gains held 3+ years
| Home | Held | Gain a year |
|---|---|---|
| 19 South Drive £65,000 (2000) → £164,000 (2005) | 4.8 yrs | 21.1% |
| 43 South Drive £60,000 (1998) → £124,950 (2003) | 5.1 yrs | 15.6% |
| 51 South Drive £74,750 (1995) → £185,000 (2002) | 7.3 yrs | 13.3% |
| 47b South Drive £74,000 (1997) → £145,000 (2003) | 6.1 yrs | 11.6% |
| 15 South Drive £172,500 (2013) → £297,500 (2018) | 5.0 yrs | 11.4% |
Latest house sales on South Drive, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15a South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 31 Mar 2026 | £280,000 | 69 m² | – |
| Flat 2, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 17 May 2024 | £317,000 | 53 m² | – |
| Flat 3, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 12 Jan 2024 | £495,000 | 89 m² | – |
| Flat 1, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 20 Dec 2023 | £495,000 | 90 m² | – |
| Flat 6, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 27 Nov 2023 | £390,000 | 65 m² | – |
| Flat 4, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 24 Nov 2023 | £494,500 | 92 m² | – |
| 45 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 25 Oct 2023 | £224,000 | 57 m² | – |
| 51 South Drive | Semi-detached house | 6 Jun 2022 | £405,000 | 48 m² | £8,438 |
| 19 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 14 Apr 2021 | £268,000 | 71 m² | – |
| Flat 1, 1 South Drive | Flat / maisonette | 26 Mar 2021 | £480,000 | 90 m² | – |
A dash in £/m² marks flats, missing floor areas and implausible values (below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m²), which usually mean part-share sales or EPC errors.
The Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £844,553 |
| Semi-detached | £540,526 |
| Terraced | £399,833 |
| Flat or maisonette | £256,496 |
Who lives around South Drive, Coulsdon: 50% of homes are owner-occupied and 49% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 041C: 2,592 residents in 1,119 households around South Drive. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1522%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4439%
- 45 to 6419%
- 65 and over11%
Household type
- One person34%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children34%
- Other13%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright17%
- Mortgage or shared43%
- Private rented26%
- Social rented14%
Cars and vans per household
- No car29%
- 1 car49%
- 2 cars18%
- 3 or more4%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,350 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair10%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above45%
- A level or equivalent15%
- GCSE level20%
- None14%
Schools near South Drive, Coulsdon: 9 within 1.8 km, 5 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 630 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 790 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 810 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.0 km 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 1.1 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.3 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Cumnor House School Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.6 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St David's School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.8 km 29 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from South Drive: 43 minutes to Blackfriars by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
South Drive to central London
| Blackfriars | 43 min | walk 16 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 46 min | walk 16 min → train 30 min |
Stations near South Drive
| Coulsdon Town | 260 m | about 4 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 960 m | about 16 min walk |
| Reedham | 1180 m | about 19 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near South Drive
13 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 404 405 434 463 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Willow Court, 110 m away.
Living on South Drive, Coulsdon: stations, shops, schools and green space
The nearest stations are Coulsdon Town, about 260 m away, and Coulsdon South, about 1.0 km. In TfL's journey planner the quickest weekday trip arriving by 08:30 reaches London Blackfriars in 43 minutes, walking included. 8 bus routes serve stops within a few minutes' walk: 166, 404, 405, 434, 463, 60, 633 and the N68 night bus, with Willow Court the closest stop.
Waitrose and Aldi are the nearest supermarkets. GP surgeries in reach include The Coulsdon Medical Practice, Bramley Avenue Surgery and Woodcote Medical. For schools, Woodcote Primary School, Smitham Primary School (good) and St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (good) are the closest primarys, and Woodcote High School (good) is the nearest secondary school at 790 m. Admissions rules and catchments vary, so check them with Croydon before relying on distance.
Coulsdon Memorial Ground, Woodcote Village Green, Bleakfield Shaw and The Glade are the nearest named green spaces. Our Coulsdon guide covers the wider area in more detail.
Energy use around South Drive: homes nearby use 5% less gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 18% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 041C (1,087 gas meters, 1,426 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 41% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 8,785 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 48% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 2,293 kWh.
Older and larger homes, gas heating and electric cars all push use up; falling use since 2019 reflects higher prices, milder weather and efficiency work. Figures describe the area, not any single home.
Air quality and noise near South Drive: NO₂ 10.8 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and above the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 10.8 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 90 m
- Air quality management area
- Yes
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Shops, doctors and services near South Drive: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 6 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | The Coulsdon Medical Practice | 110 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 290 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Coulsdon Dental Clinic | 110 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 250 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 490 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 580 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 1.0 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.4 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near South Drive
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 370 m |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 660 m |
| Public charge point | 1.2 km | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.1 km |
| Public charge point | 2.3 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.3 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents South Drive: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around South Drive
Crime and policing near South Drive
1,638 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of South Drive
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 851, earlier 6 months: 787.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near South Drive
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: The Eadmund (102 m, rated 4); Pizza Hut (146 m, rated 5); Homefield Residential Care Services (166 m, rated 5); Chai Cafe (190 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around South Drive
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of South Drive and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
How South Drive compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
South Drive ranks 86th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £390,000 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 6th of 96 for house price per square metre. 59% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 4.9 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | South Drive | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £390,000 | £543,750 | 86th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £6,160 | £5,147 | 6th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 59% | 25% | 32nd of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 4.9 | 7.3 | 86th of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 7.9% | 5.3% | 6th of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 68% | 0% | 10th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax on South Drive: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Croydon, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,733 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,022 | £169 |
| Band C | £2,311 | £193 |
| Band D | £2,600 | £217 |
| Band E | £3,178 | £265 |
| Band F | £3,755 | £313 |
| Band G | £4,333 | £361 |
| Band H | £5,200 | £433 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
South Drive, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the average house price on South Drive, Coulsdon?
South Drive has too few recent house sales for a reliable median: 54 sales are recorded since 1995.
Which council covers South Drive?
South Drive is in Coulsdon Town ward in London Borough of Croydon, and in the Croydon South parliamentary constituency.
How far is South Drive from the nearest station?
Coulsdon Town is about 260 m from the middle of South Drive, around 4 minutes' walk, and Coulsdon South is 960 m away.
What energy rating do homes on South Drive have?
59% of rated homes on South Drive are EPC band C or better, against 40% across CR5.
What council tax do you pay on South Drive?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Which schools are near South Drive?
The nearest schools include Woodcote Primary School (630 m), Woodcote High School (790 m) and Smitham Primary School (810 m). Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas.
How much does a house cost on South Drive?
South Drive has 54 recorded sales since 1995, too few to publish a reliable median. The nearest comparison is Coulsdon, where the median sale since 2019 is £550,000.
How is this calculated?
Sales come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, and floor areas and energy ratings from the EPC register. Medians use sales since 2019; £/m² uses houses only. See the method note below.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address on South Drive, Coulsdon CR5
22 addresses in our records. Filter by number.
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 South Drive | Detached | 89 m² | E | £435,000 · 2015 | £4,888 |
| Flat 1, 1 South Drive | Flat | 90 m² | B | £495,000 · 2023 | – |
| Flat 2, 1 South Drive | Flat | 53 m² | C | £317,000 · 2024 | – |
| Flat 3, 1 South Drive | Flat | 89 m² | C | £495,000 · 2024 | – |
| Flat 4, 1 South Drive | Flat | 92 m² | B | £494,500 · 2023 | – |
| Flat 6, 1 South Drive | Flat | 65 m² | C | £390,000 · 2023 | – |
| 11 South Drive | Semi-detached | 110 m² | E | £275,000 · 2006 | £2,500 |
| 15a South Drive | Flat | 69 m² | D | £280,000 · 2026 | – |
| 15 South Drive | Flat | 59 m² | C | £297,500 · 2018 | – |
| 17a South Drive | Flat | 69.11 m² | D | £165,000 · 2009 | – |
| 17 South Drive | Flat | 63 m² | C | £160,000 · 2004 | – |
| 19a South Drive | Flat | 72 m² | C | £271,500 · 2015 | – |
Method. Statistics are computed from the 22 addresses on this road in our records. Medians use sales since 2019 unless stated.