Average rent in Wales
The average private rent in Wales was £848 a month in September 2026, up 4.1% on a year earlier. The UK average was £1,406 (+3.8%).
Updated Latest data: September 2026 · ONS release 21 October 2026 · Data fetched 2 November 2026, 10:17 GMT
Average rent
£848
a month, September 2026
Annual change
+4.1%
UK: +3.8% (+0.3pp)
Monthly change
+0.3%
not seasonally adjusted
Rank by rent
4 of 4
UK nations, highest first
In brief
The average private rent in Wales was £848 a month in September 2026, up 4.1% on a year earlier (£33 a month more than in September 2025). That is £558 below the UK average of £1,406, and rents rose 0.3 percentage points faster than across the UK (3.8%). Wales has the lowest average rent and the fastest annual rent growth of the four UK nations.
For comparison, the CPI measure of actual rents for housing, which covers the whole UK, rose 4.2% in the year to September 2026. Annual rent growth has slowed from a peak of 9.9% in November 2023; a year ago it was 7.1%. Over the five years since September 2021, the ONS rent index for Wales rose 38.4%; the average rent then was £613 a month.
By size, the average was £637 for one-bedroom homes, £782 for two-bedroom homes, £892 for three-bedroom homes and £1,252 for homes with four or more bedrooms. By property type, rents for detached houses rose fastest (4.5%) and for flats and maisonettes slowest (3.4%). Across its 22 local authorities, average rents ranged from £624 in Powys to £1,179 in Cardiff.
Wales: £613 in September 2021, £848 in September 2026. UK: £1,406 in September 2026. Series starts January 2015.
In September 2026: Wales +4.1%, UK +3.8%, CPI actual rents +4.2%. Wales's annual change peaked at 9.9% in November 2023.
Compared with the UK and CPI rents
| September 2026 | Wales | UK | CPI actual rents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average rent a month | £848 | £1,406 | – |
| Annual change | +4.1% | +3.8% | +4.2% |
| Rank of the 4 UK nations: rent | 4 | – | – |
| Rank of the 4 UK nations: annual change | 1 | – | – |
Ranks count from the highest rent and the fastest annual rise. CPI actual rents for housing (ONS series D7GQ) is a UK-wide measure and has no average rent.
By bedrooms and property type
| Home | Average rent a month | A year earlier | Annual change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All properties | £848 | £815 | +4.1% |
| One bedroom | £637 | £614 | +3.8% |
| Two bedrooms | £782 | £751 | +4.0% |
| Three bedrooms | £892 | £855 | +4.3% |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,252 | £1,214 | +3.1% |
| Detached | £1,087 | £1,040 | +4.5% |
| Semi-detached | £879 | £843 | +4.3% |
| Terraced | £835 | £801 | +4.2% |
| Flat or maisonette | £707 | £684 | +3.4% |
Bedroom and property type groups overlap (a two-bedroom flat counts in both). The annual change is ONS's index-based figure, so it can differ slightly from the change between the rounded average rents.
Rents by local authority in Wales
All 22 local authorities, September 2026. Select a column heading to sort.
| Area | Average rent | Annual change | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | £1,179 | +3.2% | £910 | £1,086 | £1,212 |
| Monmouthshire | £994 | +2.1% | £730 | £921 | £1,066 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £978 | +1.7% | £723 | £884 | £991 |
| Newport | £962 | +2.9% | £700 | £865 | £967 |
| Torfaen | £865 | +2.3% | £619 | £769 | £900 |
| Swansea | £853 | +6.0% | £689 | £798 | £898 |
| Flintshire | £817 | +7.9% | £599 | £763 | £899 |
| Conwy | £799 | +2.7% | £590 | £738 | £865 |
| Wrexham | £773 | +3.0% | £599 | £713 | £842 |
| Bridgend | £765 | +7.8% | £564 | £703 | £818 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £754 | −1.9% | £553 | £640 | £722 |
| Caerphilly | £752 | +7.1% | £554 | £693 | £781 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £747 | +0.6% | £524 | £669 | £750 |
| Gwynedd | £728 | +7.1% | £563 | £679 | £808 |
| Ceredigion | £724 | +3.7% | £563 | £663 | £768 |
| Denbighshire | £723 | +6.2% | £553 | £711 | £816 |
| Isle of Anglesey | £717 | +5.9% | £553 | £697 | £802 |
| Pembrokeshire | £697 | +4.6% | £516 | £643 | £762 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £692 | +6.3% | £501 | £636 | £728 |
| Carmarthenshire | £690 | +6.5% | £503 | £650 | £744 |
| Blaenau Gwent | £682 | +5.9% | £504 | £605 | £689 |
| Powys | £624 | +8.6% | £464 | £581 | £703 |
See also the cost of living calculator and CPI housing inflation.