Average Rent by Area: England & Wales 2026
£512 to £3,475a month
The average two-bedroom private rent across England & Wales ranges from £512/month in Hartlepool to £3,475/month in Kensington and Chelsea, across 316 local authorities. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.
Two-bedroom rent by local authority
316
Ranked cheapest to most expensive. England & Wales only: Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate datasets and are not included here.
| Area | Average rent (pcm) | Change on a year |
|---|---|---|
| Hartlepool | £512 | +1.6% |
| Powys | £581 | +8.7% |
| County Durham | £582 | +6.7% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £587 | +7.8% |
| Burnley | £590 | +3.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent | £605 | +6.1% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £610 | +1.6% |
| North Lincolnshire | £617 | +5.8% |
| Rotherham | £618 | +3.8% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £623 | +7.8% |
| Hyndburn | £624 | +4.1% |
| Darlington | £631 | +6.4% |
| Northumberland | £631 | +7.2% |
| Barnsley | £631 | +7.4% |
| Middlesbrough | £634 | +4.0% |
| Pendle | £636 | +6.8% |
| Neath Port Talbot | £636 | +6.3% |
| Bolsover | £639 | +2.7% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £640 | −1.5% |
| Doncaster | £641 | +5.6% |
| Pembrokeshire | £643 | +4.5% |
| South Tyneside | £648 | +7.1% |
| Cumberland | £649 | +7.3% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £650 | +4.6% |
| Sunderland | £650 | +4.2% |
| Carmarthenshire | £650 | +6.4% |
| Blackpool | £656 | +7.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £663 | +4.0% |
| Ceredigion | £663 | +3.7% |
| Bassetlaw | £664 | +3.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £665 | +5.4% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £669 | +3.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £669 | +0.8% |
| East Lindsey | £670 | +7.2% |
| Bradford | £670 | +1.7% |
| West Lindsey | £676 | +9.5% |
| Gwynedd | £679 | +7.3% |
| Calderdale | £688 | +3.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £689 | +7.7% |
| Halton | £690 | +6.8% |
| Caerphilly | £693 | +7.2% |
| Isle of Anglesey | £697 | +6.2% |
| Chesterfield | £698 | +3.5% |
| Wigan | £703 | +6.6% |
| Bridgend | £703 | +7.7% |
| Denbighshire | £711 | +6.3% |
| Wrexham | £713 | +2.9% |
| Mansfield | £714 | +5.7% |
| Kirklees | £714 | +12.7% |
| Wyre | £721 | +7.3% |
| North East Derbyshire | £724 | +3.8% |
| Gateshead | £727 | +5.6% |
| Ashfield | £729 | +5.3% |
| Wakefield | £730 | +6.1% |
| Preston | £731 | +5.5% |
| West Lancashire | £731 | +4.9% |
| Melton | £735 | +6.8% |
| North Tyneside | £738 | +6.3% |
| Conwy | £738 | +2.5% |
| Torridge | £742 | +2.2% |
| South Ribble | £742 | +5.7% |
| St. Helens | £742 | +7.2% |
| South Holland | £743 | +4.6% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £743 | +5.2% |
| Wirral | £743 | +6.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £747 | +7.3% |
| Amber Valley | £749 | +5.3% |
| Wyre Forest | £753 | −1.2% |
| Lancaster | £758 | +6.7% |
| Rossendale | £758 | +3.8% |
| South Kesteven | £758 | +2.7% |
| North Kesteven | £760 | +5.7% |
| Flintshire | £763 | +7.8% |
| Boston | £767 | +3.4% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £768 | +10.1% |
| Chorley | £768 | +7.3% |
| Knowsley | £769 | +11.0% |
| Torfaen | £769 | +2.4% |
| Great Yarmouth | £770 | +7.2% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £771 | +6.3% |
| North Yorkshire | £771 | +2.6% |
| Shropshire | £773 | +4.9% |
| Ribble Valley | £776 | +5.5% |
| Westmorland and Furness | £776 | +6.4% |
| West Devon | £778 | +4.0% |
| East Staffordshire | £779 | +7.0% |
| North Devon | £780 | −0.4% |
| Dudley | £780 | +3.2% |
| Herefordshire, County of | £782 | +2.9% |
| Cannock Chase | £782 | +7.0% |
| Derby | £788 | +5.0% |
| Fylde | £791 | +5.3% |
| Erewash | £792 | +3.3% |
| Stafford | £792 | +6.6% |
| East Suffolk | £798 | +5.9% |
| Swansea | £798 | +5.7% |
| Gedling | £799 | +3.7% |
| Forest of Dean | £800 | −0.8% |
| Walsall | £802 | +9.5% |
| Rochdale | £803 | +8.9% |
| South Derbyshire | £806 | +5.0% |
| Fenland | £809 | +3.8% |
| North Norfolk | £809 | +4.1% |
| High Peak | £812 | +7.5% |
| Mid Devon | £812 | +1.6% |
| Sefton | £815 | +5.0% |
| Torbay | £819 | +3.7% |
| Bolton | £822 | +9.9% |
| North West Leicestershire | £824 | +8.3% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £830 | +2.0% |
| Lincoln | £832 | +4.0% |
| Tamworth | £832 | +0.3% |
| Warrington | £839 | +5.3% |
| Broxtowe | £840 | −1.4% |
| Liverpool | £840 | +5.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £842 | +2.7% |
| Rutland | £844 | +2.3% |
| Sheffield | £844 | +3.9% |
| Wolverhampton | £845 | +10.7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | £849 | +3.9% |
| Sandwell | £851 | +7.4% |
| Charnwood | £853 | +5.0% |
| Breckland | £853 | +4.8% |
| South Staffordshire | £864 | +6.3% |
| Newport | £865 | +2.4% |
| Teignbridge | £873 | +3.6% |
| Isle of Wight | £874 | +6.9% |
| Cornwall | £877 | +1.1% |
| Wychavon | £879 | +4.8% |
| North Warwickshire | £884 | +4.4% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £884 | +1.6% |
| North Northamptonshire | £885 | +4.9% |
| Malvern Hills | £886 | +7.1% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £887 | +2.3% |
| Redditch | £887 | +11.2% |
| Oldham | £888 | +13.6% |
| Plymouth | £889 | +4.4% |
| Bury | £889 | +0.8% |
| Leicester | £890 | +0.9% |
| Tameside | £890 | +5.4% |
| South Norfolk | £893 | +3.7% |
| Peterborough | £896 | +5.0% |
| Broadland | £897 | +4.2% |
| Hastings | £898 | +1.8% |
| Rushcliffe | £901 | +3.0% |
| East Devon | £904 | +6.8% |
| Bromsgrove | £904 | +2.7% |
| Cheshire East | £905 | +7.5% |
| Blaby | £912 | +5.0% |
| Worcester | £915 | +6.2% |
| Coventry | £915 | +2.3% |
| Nottingham | £916 | +1.6% |
| Somerset | £918 | +6.6% |
| Harborough | £919 | +4.7% |
| Babergh | £921 | +3.4% |
| Ipswich | £921 | +4.6% |
| Monmouthshire | £921 | +2.1% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £922 | +6.9% |
| South Hams | £922 | +3.2% |
| Mid Suffolk | £928 | +7.0% |
| Rugby | £935 | +5.2% |
| West Northamptonshire | £958 | +3.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £962 | +0.2% |
| Lichfield | £965 | +6.6% |
| Stroud | £966 | +6.6% |
| Dover | £966 | +10.2% |
| Dorset | £969 | +4.4% |
| Huntingdonshire | £974 | +4.1% |
| Gloucester | £976 | +6.7% |
| Norwich | £976 | +1.0% |
| Leeds | £977 | +4.6% |
| Tendring | £979 | +3.7% |
| Wiltshire | £981 | +6.0% |
| Tewkesbury | £990 | +14.6% |
| Swindon | £994 | +5.1% |
| Birmingham | £1,009 | +3.1% |
| Thanet | £1,010 | +3.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £1,010 | +7.8% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £1,021 | +6.1% |
| Rother | £1,029 | +1.1% |
| Maldon | £1,031 | +2.2% |
| Bedford | £1,032 | +2.6% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £1,041 | +10.1% |
| Swale | £1,042 | +1.2% |
| Stockport | £1,042 | +5.7% |
| Gosport | £1,049 | +3.9% |
| West Suffolk | £1,065 | +4.3% |
| Colchester | £1,066 | +1.7% |
| Solihull | £1,069 | +3.3% |
| Fareham | £1,076 | +1.3% |
| North Somerset | £1,082 | +3.2% |
| Eastbourne | £1,083 | +1.9% |
| Salford | £1,086 | +2.9% |
| Cardiff | £1,086 | +2.8% |
| York | £1,088 | +6.6% |
| Havant | £1,092 | +4.0% |
| Cheltenham | £1,103 | +6.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £1,105 | +4.6% |
| Braintree | £1,108 | +2.5% |
| Warwick | £1,108 | +2.0% |
| Cotswold | £1,115 | +6.3% |
| Eastleigh | £1,115 | +3.8% |
| Southampton | £1,117 | +3.6% |
| Luton | £1,122 | +3.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £1,124 | +5.0% |
| Exeter | £1,130 | +0.2% |
| New Forest | £1,138 | +2.2% |
| Canterbury | £1,138 | +6.0% |
| Portsmouth | £1,139 | +3.0% |
| Medway | £1,140 | +1.7% |
| Test Valley | £1,144 | +4.6% |
| Wealden | £1,147 | +1.8% |
| Ashford | £1,148 | +3.4% |
| Arun | £1,149 | +3.7% |
| Uttlesford | £1,156 | +1.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £1,170 | +2.2% |
| Rochford | £1,171 | +5.0% |
| Castle Point | £1,172 | +4.5% |
| East Hampshire | £1,182 | +2.0% |
| Worthing | £1,184 | −0.6% |
| Maidstone | £1,199 | +3.1% |
| Trafford | £1,205 | +2.9% |
| Gravesham | £1,209 | +5.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £1,213 | +1.1% |
| West Oxfordshire | £1,218 | +3.7% |
| Milton Keynes | £1,219 | +4.2% |
| Thurrock | £1,222 | +5.2% |
| Lewes | £1,226 | +5.4% |
| Cherwell | £1,229 | +3.4% |
| Chichester | £1,229 | +3.6% |
| West Berkshire | £1,232 | +6.1% |
| Manchester | £1,239 | +4.1% |
| Vale of White Horse | £1,245 | +4.8% |
| Basildon | £1,272 | +4.9% |
| Rushmoor | £1,274 | +4.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £1,280 | +3.2% |
| South Gloucestershire | £1,283 | +5.2% |
| Chelmsford | £1,291 | +1.5% |
| North Hertfordshire | £1,293 | +6.3% |
| Mid Sussex | £1,302 | +4.2% |
| Adur | £1,305 | +3.3% |
| Hart | £1,306 | +3.1% |
| South Oxfordshire | £1,307 | +5.4% |
| Buckinghamshire | £1,321 | +6.0% |
| Winchester | £1,325 | +5.1% |
| Stevenage | £1,325 | +4.5% |
| Harlow | £1,335 | +4.5% |
| Surrey Heath | £1,340 | +1.9% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £1,343 | +3.7% |
| Wokingham | £1,348 | +0.7% |
| Bracknell Forest | £1,362 | +2.3% |
| Waverley | £1,364 | −0.6% |
| Horsham | £1,366 | +4.7% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £1,373 | +3.3% |
| Crawley | £1,392 | +3.3% |
| Dacorum | £1,394 | +2.5% |
| East Hertfordshire | £1,397 | +4.8% |
| Reading | £1,399 | +1.1% |
| Brentwood | £1,401 | +2.2% |
| Runnymede | £1,406 | +0.8% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £1,414 | +5.0% |
| Dartford | £1,424 | +3.3% |
| Slough | £1,426 | +2.1% |
| Woking | £1,450 | −1.3% |
| Broxbourne | £1,456 | +3.4% |
| Mole Valley | £1,469 | +3.6% |
| Tandridge | £1,476 | +5.5% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £1,493 | +3.1% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £1,498 | +4.0% |
| Brighton and Hove | £1,525 | −0.5% |
| Bexley | £1,529 | +1.7% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £1,530 | +7.8% |
| Havering | £1,544 | +0.9% |
| Bristol, City of | £1,551 | +5.7% |
| Guildford | £1,557 | +5.8% |
| Sutton | £1,567 | +3.0% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,568 | +0.7% |
| Croydon | £1,577 | +3.4% |
| Elmbridge | £1,584 | +2.7% |
| Epping Forest | £1,586 | +5.5% |
| Three Rivers | £1,590 | +1.9% |
| Sevenoaks | £1,596 | +6.9% |
| Hillingdon | £1,598 | +3.4% |
| Watford | £1,602 | +1.9% |
| Spelthorne | £1,609 | +6.7% |
| Cambridge | £1,613 | +1.9% |
| Hertsmere | £1,619 | +3.9% |
| St Albans | £1,635 | +2.9% |
| Bromley | £1,649 | +3.2% |
| Oxford | £1,662 | +2.6% |
| Redbridge | £1,689 | +2.1% |
| Harrow | £1,718 | +2.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham | £1,723 | +2.6% |
| Waltham Forest | £1,732 | +2.4% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £1,765 | −0.4% |
| Enfield | £1,770 | +5.3% |
| Lewisham | £1,793 | +2.0% |
| Barnet | £1,862 | +2.9% |
| Greenwich | £1,935 | +6.0% |
| Brent | £1,937 | +4.7% |
| Hounslow | £1,956 | +3.6% |
| Newham | £1,995 | +2.9% |
| Merton | £2,032 | +5.7% |
| Haringey | £2,040 | +1.3% |
| Ealing | £2,049 | +3.8% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,237 | +5.5% |
| Lambeth | £2,353 | +3.3% |
| Southwark | £2,387 | +7.4% |
| Tower Hamlets | £2,427 | +3.7% |
| Wandsworth | £2,469 | +4.3% |
| Hackney | £2,498 | +4.1% |
| Camden | £2,634 | +1.6% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £2,656 | +5.1% |
| Islington | £2,712 | +6.8% |
| Westminster | £3,320 | −0.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £3,475 | +3.4% |
Questions and method
What is the average rent in England and Wales in 2026?
Across the 316 local authorities with two-bedroom data, the average private rent in September 2026 ranges from £512 a month in Hartlepool to £3,475 in Kensington and Chelsea (ONS Price Index of Private Rents).
Where is the cheapest place to rent in England and Wales?
Hartlepool has the lowest average two-bedroom private rent, at £512 per month in September 2026 (ONS Price Index of Private Rents).
Where does this data come from?
Average private rents come from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, the official monthly series, for the latest month published. They average existing tenancies as well as new lets, so newly advertised rents usually sit above them. ONS publishes local-authority figures for England & Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland are published by rental-market area and are not included.
Methodology & data sources
HomeThink data report · 2026. Average two-bed private rent for every E&W local authority, ranked cheapest to most expensive. ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
- Rental statistics: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, latest month published. Local-authority figures cover England & Wales.
- Geography: Local authority district level. England and Wales only. Scotland and Northern Ireland are excluded.
- Measure: the average (a weighted geometric mean) monthly private rent for two-bedroom homes, across new and existing tenancies, and its change on the same month a year earlier. ONS publishes no median or quartiles for this series.
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