Where do Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans live in London?

moove2london on 26 Oct 2010

Those of you familiar with our Moving to London from Abroad page, will know that we already have heaps of information on arriving in London from overseas. For example we have advice on visas, finding temporary accommodation and flatshares, airport transfers, how to go about getting a NI number and much more.
What we’re going to be doing in the next couple of weeks though, is to launch pages for each of the following groups of expats moving to London:

• Australians moving to London
• New Zealanders moving to London
• South Africans moving to London
• Canadians moving to London
• Americans moving to London

In the meantime, here’s a quick discussion on where Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans tend to live in London. This information should only be taken as a guide for those wanting to live in and around their particular expat communities. You can of course live wherever you want to!

Where do Australians live in London?
When most people think about Aussies living in London, they tend to think about Earls Court (known affectionately as Kangaroo Valley) and at one time they’d have been right as this area of West London was the first port of call for many Australians arriving in the UK.
But rental prices are quite high there, so people gradually drifted out to nearby Shepherd’s Bush instead. Nowadays though, it is Fulham and Clapham in South London where the largest population of Aussie expats are to be found. Balham, Streatham and Tooting also being good local (but often cheaper) options.
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Where do New Zealanders live in London?
In general, many Aussies and Kiwis live in similar areas to each other. Although the two nations are extremely different and there is a decent amount of friendly rivalry between these two Southern Hemisphere countries, Australians and New Zealanders living in London tend to have a lot in common with each other in terms of being far away from home and having similar urges to see a lot of Europe whilst they’re over here. Therefore, you’ll also find a lot of Kiwis living in areas such as Clapham, Fulham, Ealing and specifically Acton (tends to be favoured more by Kiwis than by Aussies). Both Australians and New Zealanders can also be found in the north-western residential arc of London which includes areas such as Willesden, Queens Park and Kilburn.
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Where do South Africans live in London?
South Africans in London have in recent history previously formed a huge community living in Leytonstone (East London), although reportedly this community has decreased quite a bit in the last 18 months.
Other areas of London that South Africans tend to gravitate towards, include Southfields and Wimbledon in South London, Enfield in North London and also Clapham Junction alongside the Aussies and Kiwis.

London Council Tax

moove2london on 09 Feb 2010

The amount of London Council Tax that you have to pay, varies depending on which area of London you live in. There are 33 different council boroughs in London from Barnet & Dagenham to Wandsworth and they each set quite different rates for residents of their own borough.
For a full explanation on council tax and the different payment bands, please read our Council Tax in London article.

Here are a list of current council tax rates for each different council borough in London for 2009/10. All rates are in GBP and are the annual figure which is due.

Barking & Dagenham

Band A: 844.20

Band B: 984.90

Band C: 1125.60

Band D: 1266.30

Band E: 1547.70

Band F: 1829.10

Band G: 2110.50

Band H: 2532.60

Barnet

Band A: 948.68

Band B: 1106.79

Band C: 1264.91

Band D: 1423.02

Band E: 1739.25

Band F: 2055.48

Band G: 2371.70

Band H: 2846.04

Bexley

Band A: 951.33

Band B: 1109.89

Band C: 1268.44

Band D: 1427.00

Band E: 1744.11

Band F: 2061.22

Band G: 2378.33

Band H: 2854.00

Brent

Band A: 912.51

Band B: 1064.59

Band C: 1216.68

Band D: 1368.76

Band E: 1672.93

Band F: 1977.10

Band G: 2281.27

Band H: 2737.52

Bromley

Band A:  859.32

Band B: 1002.54

Band C: 1145.76

Band D: 1288.98

Band E: 1575.42

Band F: 1861.86

Band G: 2148.30

Band H: 2577.96

Camden

Band A:  887.57

Band B: 1035.49

Band C: 1183.43

Band D: 1331.35

Band E: 1627.21

Band F: 1923.06

Band G: 2218.92

Band H: 2662.70

City of London

Band A: 628.53

Band B: 733.28

Band C: 838.03

Band D: 942.79

Band E: 1152.30

Band F: 1361.81

Band G: 1571.32

Band H: 1885.58

Croydon

Band A: 965.14

Band B: 1126.00

Band C: 1286.85

Band D: 1447.71

Band E: 1769.42

Band F: 2091.14

Band G: 2412.85

Band H: 2895.42

Ealing

Band A: 913.17

Band B: 1065.36

Band C: 1217.56

Band D: 1369.75

Band E: 1674.14

Band F: 1978.53

Band G: 2282.92

Band H: 2739.50

Enfield

Band A: 940.11

Band B: 1096.79

Band C: 1253.48

Band D: 1410.16

Band E: 1723.53

Band F: 2036.90

Band G: 2350.27

Band H: 2820.32

Greenwich

Band A: 860.49

Band B: 1003.90

Band C: 1147.32

Band D: 1290.73

Band E: 1577.56

Band F: 1864.39

Band G: 2151.22

Band H: 2581.46

Hackney

Band A: 872.18

Band B: 1017.54

Band C: 1162.91

Band D: 1308.27

Band E: 1599.00

Band F: 1889.73

Band G: 2180.45

Band H: 2616.54

Hammersmith & Fulham

Band A: 764.48

Band B: 891.88

Band C: 1019.30

Band D: 1146.71

Band E: 1401.54

Band F: 1656.36

Band G: 1911.19

Band H: 2293.42

Haringey

Band A: 996.11

Band B: 1162.11

Band C: 1328.13

Band D: 1494.14

Band E: 1826.06

Band F: 2158.22

Band G: 2490.24

Band H: 2988.29

Harrow

Band A: 997.58

Band B: 1163.84

Band C: 1330.11

Band D: 1496.37

Band E: 1828.90

Band F: 2161.42

Band G: 2493.95

Band H: 2992.74

Havering

Band A: 1007.33

Band B: 1175.22

Band C: 1343.11

Band D: 1511.00

Band E: 1846.78

Band F: 2182.56

Band G: 2518.33

Band H: 3022.00

Hillingdon

Band A: 948.50

Band B: 1106.58

Band C: 1264.67

Band D: 1422.75

Band E: 1738.92

Band F: 2055.09

Band G: 2371.25

Band H: 2845.50

Hounslow

Band A: 933.65

Band B: 1089.25

Band C: 1244.87

Band D: 1400.47

Band E: 1711.69

Band F: 2022.90

Band G: 2334.12

Band H: 2800.94

Islington

Band A: 847.80

Band B: 989.09

Band C: 1130.40

Band D: 1271.69

Band E: 1554.29

Band F: 1836.89

Band G: 2119.49

Band H: 2543.38

Kensington & Chelsea

Band A: 719.42

Band B: 839.31

Band C: 959.22

Band D: 1079.12

Band E: 1318.93

Band F: 1558.73

Band G: 1798.54

Band H: 2158.24

Kingston Upon Thames

Band A: 1086.84

Band B: 1267.97

Band C: 1449.12

Band D: 1630.25

Band E: 1992.53

Band F: 2354.81

Band G: 2717.09

Band H: 3260.50

Lambeth

Band A: 823.41

Band B: 960.64

Band C: 1097.88

Band D: 1235.11

Band E: 1509.58

Band F: 1784.05

Band G: 2058.52

Band H: 2470.22

Lewisham

Band A: 901.28

Band B: 1051.50

Band C: 1201.71

Band D: 1351.93

Band E: 1652.35

Band F: 1952.78

Band G: 2253.21

Band H: 2703.85

Merton

Wimbledon Common Area

Band A: 968.62

Band B: 1130.05

Band C: 1291.49

Band D: 1452.92

Band E: 1775.79

Band F: 2098.66

Band G: 2421.54

Band H: 2905.84

Other areas in Merton:

Band A: 952.40

Band B: 1111.13

Band C: 1269.87

Band D: 1428.60

Band E: 1746.07

Band F: 2063.54

Band G: 2381.00

Band H: 2857.20

Newham

Band A: 836.97

Band B: 976.46

Band C: 1115.96

Band D: 1255.45

Band E: 1534.44

Band F: 1813.43

Band G: 2092.42

Band H: 2510.90

Redbridge

Band A: 936.90

Band B: 1093.05

Band C: 1249.20

Band D: 1405.35

Band E: 1717.65

Band F: 2029.95

Band G: 2342.25

Band H: 2810.70

Richmond Upon Thames

Band A: 1064.81

Band B: 1242.27

Band C: 1419.74

Band D: 1597.21

Band E: 1952.15

Band F: 2307.08

Band G: 2662.02

Band H: 3194.42

Southwark

Band A: 814.64

Band B: 950.41

Band C: 1086.19

Band D: 1221.96

Band E: 1493.51

Band F: 1765.06

Band G: 2036.60

Band H: 2443.92

Sutton

Band A: 967.14

Band B: 1128.33

Band C: 1289.52

Band D: 1450.71

Band E: 1773.09

Band F: 2095.47

Band G: 2417.85

Band H: 2901.42

Tower Hamlets

Band A: 796.90

Band B: 929.71

Band C: 1062.53

Band D: 1195.34

Band E: 1460.97

Band F: 1726.60

Band G: 1992.24

Band H: 2390.68

Waltham Forest

Band A: 974.69

Band B: 1137.13

Band C: 1299.58

Band D: 1462.03

Band E: 1786.93

Band F: 2111.82

Band G: 2436.72

Band H: 2924.06

Wandsworth

Main part of the borough

Band A: 454.54

Band B: 530.30

Band C: 606.06

Band D: 681.81

Band E: 833.33

Band F: 984.84

Band G: 1136.36

Band H: 1363.62

Commons Area:

Band A: 470.76

Band B: 549.21

Band C: 627.68

Band D: 706.13

Band E: 863.05

Band F: 1019.97

Band G: 1176.89

Band H: 1412.27

Westminster

Band A: 458.41

Band B: 534.82

Band C: 611.12

Band D: 687.62

Band E: 840.42

Band F: 993.23

Band G: 1146.03

Band H: 1375.24