Average rent in Yorkshire and The Humber
The average private rent in Yorkshire and The Humber was £869 a month in September 2026, up 4.8% 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
£869
a month, September 2026
Annual change
+4.8%
UK: +3.8% (+1.0pp)
Monthly change
+0.4%
not seasonally adjusted
Rank by rent
8 of 9
English regions, highest first
In brief
The average private rent in Yorkshire and The Humber was £869 a month in September 2026, up 4.8% on a year earlier (£40 a month more than in September 2025). That is £537 below the UK average of £1,406, and rents rose 1.0 percentage points faster than across the UK (3.8%). Yorkshire and The Humber has the 2nd lowest average rent and the 3rd fastest annual rent growth of England's nine regions.
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 7.9% in February 2024; a year ago it was 3.8%. Over the five years since September 2021, the ONS rent index for Yorkshire and The Humber rose 31.0%; the average rent then was £663 a month.
By size, the average was £615 for one-bedroom homes, £772 for two-bedroom homes, £918 for three-bedroom homes and £1,327 for homes with four or more bedrooms. By property type, rents for semi-detached houses rose fastest (5.1%) and for flats and maisonettes slowest (4.2%). Across its 15 local authorities, average rents ranged from £651 in North East Lincolnshire to £1,206 in York.
Yorkshire and The Humber: £663 in September 2021, £869 in September 2026. UK: £1,406 in September 2026. Series starts January 2015.
In September 2026: Yorkshire and The Humber +4.8%, UK +3.8%, CPI actual rents +4.2%. Yorkshire and The Humber's annual change peaked at 7.9% in February 2024.
Compared with the UK and CPI rents
| September 2026 | Yorkshire and The Humber | UK | CPI actual rents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average rent a month | £869 | £1,406 | – |
| Annual change | +4.8% | +3.8% | +4.2% |
| Rank of England's 9 regions: rent | 8 | – | – |
| Rank of England's 9 regions: annual change | 3 | – | – |
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 | £869 | £829 | +4.8% |
| One bedroom | £615 | £588 | +4.6% |
| Two bedrooms | £772 | £736 | +4.9% |
| Three bedrooms | £918 | £872 | +5.3% |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,327 | £1,275 | +4.1% |
| Detached | £1,169 | £1,119 | +4.5% |
| Semi-detached | £927 | £882 | +5.1% |
| Terraced | £860 | £820 | +4.9% |
| Flat or maisonette | £705 | £676 | +4.2% |
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 Yorkshire and The Humber
All 15 local authorities, September 2026. Select a column heading to sort.
| Area | Average rent | Annual change | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | £1,206 | +6.7% | £879 | £1,088 | £1,286 |
| Leeds | £1,148 | +4.5% | £783 | £977 | £1,142 |
| Sheffield | £936 | +4.1% | £693 | £844 | £972 |
| North Yorkshire | £852 | +2.3% | £595 | £771 | £945 |
| Wakefield | £810 | +5.9% | £579 | £730 | £874 |
| Kirklees | £784 | +12.5% | £585 | £714 | £869 |
| Calderdale | £760 | +3.2% | £551 | £688 | £821 |
| Bradford | £739 | +1.6% | £545 | £670 | £803 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £724 | +4.6% | £502 | £650 | £799 |
| Doncaster | £699 | +5.2% | £496 | £641 | £763 |
| Barnsley | £697 | +7.2% | £507 | £631 | £754 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £695 | +7.5% | £500 | £623 | £745 |
| Rotherham | £689 | +3.4% | £490 | £618 | £747 |
| North Lincolnshire | £654 | +5.8% | £472 | £617 | £752 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £651 | +7.6% | £458 | £587 | £686 |
See also the cost of living calculator and CPI housing inflation.