Where is the most expensive place to rent a semi-detached property in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a semi-detached property at £4,638 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 337 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.

Where is the cheapest place to rent a semi-detached property in the UK?

Dumfries and Galloway has the lowest average rent for a semi-detached property at £613 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 45. Source: ONS, May 2026.

What is the Gera Rent Index for a semi-detached property?

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a semi-detached property as a percentage of the UK average (£1,376), so 100 equals the UK average. It is computed transparently from the two real ONS figures; the methodology is published at gerarent.com/methodology/gera-rent-index.

semi-detached rent in the UK by area

Updated monthly · as of May 2026 · 18 June 2026 · Office for National Statistics

What is the average rent for a semi-detached property in the UK?

As of May 2026, the average UK private rent for semi-detached houses is £1,376 per month, per ONS data published 17 June 2026. Across 334 local authorities it ranges from £4,638 in Kensington and Chelsea to £613 in Dumfries and Galloway. GeraRent re-dates this monthly.

Gera Rent Index

Kensington and Chelsea 337 vs UK 100

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for semi-detached houses as a percentage of the UK average (£1,376), so 100 equals the UK average. See the methodology.

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The average rent for semi-detached houses in Kensington and Chelsea is £4,638 per month (ONS) — that is 237% above the UK average of £1,376 for semi-detached homes.

Gera Rent Index for Kensington and Chelsea: 337 (UK average = 100).

Figures are official ONS average monthly private rents. Your budget is used only in your browser to produce this comparison.

Average rent for semi-detached houses by local authority

334 UK local authorities with a published ONS figure, ranked most to least expensive. Kensington and Chelsea is the dearest at £4,638; Dumfries and Galloway the cheapest at £613.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	Gera Rent Index
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£4,638	337
2	Camden	London	£3,659	266
3	Lambeth	London	£3,376	245
4	Wandsworth	London	£3,315	241
5	Southwark	London	£3,303	240
6	Hackney	London	£3,251	236
7	Haringey	London	£3,096	225
8	Islington	London	£3,086	224
9	Richmond upon Thames	London	£2,996	218
10	Tower Hamlets	London	£2,963	215
11	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£2,909	211
12	Westminster	London	£2,890	210
13	Merton	London	£2,889	210
14	Ealing	London	£2,689	195
15	Brent	London	£2,617	190
16	Barnet	London	£2,553	186
17	Greenwich	London	£2,411	175
18	Hounslow	London	£2,388	174
19	Enfield	London	£2,378	173
20	Lewisham	London	£2,348	171
21	Kingston upon Thames	London	£2,346	170
22	Newham	London	£2,320	169
23	Waltham Forest	London	£2,306	168
24	Harrow	London	£2,223	162
25	Oxford	South East	£2,181	159
26	Redbridge	London	£2,173	158
27	St Albans	East of England	£2,161	157
28	Bromley	London	£2,146	156
29	Bristol, City of	South West	£2,089	152
30	Brighton and Hove	South East	£2,032	148
31	Sutton	London	£2,009	146
32	Cambridge	East of England	£2,007	146
33	Hillingdon	London	£2,001	145
34	Hertsmere	East of England	£1,999	145
35	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£1,997	145
36	Watford	East of England	£1,996	145
37	Croydon	London	£1,986	144
38	Three Rivers	East of England	£1,977	144
39	Bexley	London	£1,967	143
40	Epping Forest	East of England	£1,967	143
41	Barking and Dagenham	London	£1,962	143
42	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£1,955	142
43	Havering	London	£1,928	140
44	Guildford	South East	£1,915	139
45	Elmbridge	South East	£1,891	137
46	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£1,882	137
47	Sevenoaks	South East	£1,882	137
48	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,832	133
49	Spelthorne	South East	£1,811	132
50	Runnymede	South East	£1,782	130
51	Slough	South East	£1,776	129
52	Brentwood	East of England	£1,774	129
53	Woking	South East	£1,759	128
54	Reading	South East	£1,758	128
55	Mole Valley	South East	£1,746	127
56	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£1,746	127
57	Tandridge	South East	£1,725	125
58	Dacorum	East of England	£1,721	125
59	Winchester	South East	£1,696	123
60	Wokingham	South East	£1,696	123
61	Dartford	South East	£1,690	123
62	Harlow	East of England	£1,678	122
63	Bracknell Forest	South East	£1,656	120
64	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£1,649	120
65	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£1,635	119
66	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,628	118
67	Crawley	South East	£1,617	118
68	Horsham	South East	£1,614	117
69	Surrey Heath	South East	£1,613	117
70	Mid Sussex	South East	£1,595	116
71	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£1,581	115
72	Buckinghamshire	South East	£1,579	115
73	Portsmouth	South East	£1,557	113
74	South Gloucestershire	South West	£1,554	113
75	Waverley	South East	£1,537	112
76	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,535	112
77	Gravesham	South East	£1,534	111
78	Chelmsford	East of England	£1,527	111
79	South Oxfordshire	South East	£1,527	111
80	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£1,521	111
81	Rushmoor	South East	£1,521	111
82	Lothian	Scotland	£1,514	110
83	Trafford	North West	£1,513	110
84	Adur	South East	£1,503	109
85	Hart	South East	£1,497	109
86	Thurrock	East of England	£1,485	108
87	Basildon	East of England	£1,478	107
88	Manchester	North West	£1,471	107
89	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,467	107
90	Canterbury	South East	£1,463	106
91	Worthing	South East	£1,463	106
92	Lewes	South East	£1,456	106
93	Chichester	South East	£1,454	106
94	Stevenage	East of England	£1,448	105
95	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£1,438	105
96	Maidstone	South East	£1,438	105
97	West Oxfordshire	South East	£1,425	104
98	East Hampshire	South East	£1,421	103
99	Southampton	South East	£1,415	103
100	Milton Keynes	South East	£1,414	103
101	Vale of White Horse	South East	£1,414	103
102	Uttlesford	East of England	£1,406	102
103	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£1,398	102
104	West Berkshire	South East	£1,394	101
105	Cherwell	South East	£1,389	101
106	Medway	South East	£1,387	101
107	Exeter	South West	£1,380	100
108	Wealden	South East	£1,375	100
109	Rochford	East of England	£1,355	98
110	Arun	South East	£1,351	98
111	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£1,347	98
112	Test Valley	South East	£1,344	98
113	Castle Point	East of England	£1,343	98
114	New Forest	South East	£1,338	97
115	Cotswold	South West	£1,334	97
116	Eastleigh	South East	£1,329	97
117	Ashford	South East	£1,326	96
118	Cheltenham	South West	£1,324	96
119	Luton	East of England	£1,324	96
120	Fareham	South East	£1,323	96
121	Braintree	East of England	£1,321	96
122	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,315	96
123	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£1,314	95
124	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,308	95
125	Gosport	South East	£1,307	95
126	Bedford	East of England	£1,306	95
127	Salford	North West	£1,304	95
128	Solihull	West Midlands	£1,300	94
129	North Somerset	South West	£1,297	94
130	Havant	South East	£1,296	94
131	Rother	South East	£1,290	94
132	Warwick	West Midlands	£1,290	94
133	Eastbourne	South East	£1,286	93
134	Colchester	East of England	£1,282	93
135	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,268	92
136	Maldon	East of England	£1,265	92
137	Thanet	South East	£1,265	92
138	West Suffolk	East of England	£1,254	91
139	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£1,250	91
140	Norwich	East of England	£1,248	91
141	Swale	South East	£1,217	88
142	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,213	88
143	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1,212	88
144	Gloucester	South West	£1,204	88
145	Stockport	North West	£1,203	87
146	Wiltshire	South West	£1,170	85
147	Swindon	South West	£1,166	85
148	Cardiff	Wales	£1,164	85
149	Birmingham	West Midlands	£1,138	83
150	Hastings	South East	£1,136	83
151	Dorset	South West	£1,133	82
152	Dover	South East	£1,133	82
153	Lichfield	West Midlands	£1,132	82
154	Tendring	East of England	£1,132	82
155	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£1,122	82
156	Stroud	South West	£1,109	81
157	Tewkesbury	South West	£1,106	80
158	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£1,105	80
159	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£1,102	80
160	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,095	80
161	South Hams	South West	£1,088	79
162	Rugby	West Midlands	£1,086	79
163	Cheshire East	North West	£1,082	79
164	Leicester	East Midlands	£1,074	78
165	Cornwall	South West	£1,073	78
166	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£1,073	78
167	Coventry	West Midlands	£1,071	78
168	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,070	78
169	Somerset	South West	£1,069	78
170	Babergh	East of England	£1,062	77
171	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£1,058	77
172	Bury	North West	£1,056	77
173	Nottingham	East Midlands	£1,051	76
174	Plymouth	South West	£1,050	76
175	Ipswich	East of England	£1,048	76
176	Tameside	North West	£1,044	76
177	Isle of Wight	South East	£1,042	76
178	East Devon	South West	£1,039	76
179	Teignbridge	South West	£1,037	75
180	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£1,032	75
181	Worcester	West Midlands	£1,029	75
182	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£1,028	75
183	Peterborough	East of England	£1,028	75
184	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£1,027	75
185	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£1,026	75
186	Monmouthshire	Wales	£1,022	74
187	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,020	74
188	South Norfolk	East of England	£1,017	74
189	Oldham	North West	£1,013	74
190	Sandwell	West Midlands	£1,012	74
191	Blaby	East Midlands	£1,009	73
192	Harborough	East Midlands	£1,008	73
193	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£1,007	73
194	Sefton	North West	£1,004	73
195	Broadland	East of England	£1,002	73
196	Wychavon	West Midlands	£1,002	73
197	Charnwood	East Midlands	£1,001	73
198	Lincoln	East Midlands	£1,001	73
199	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£997	72
200	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£997	72
201	Newport	Wales	£995	72
202	Liverpool	North West	£994	72
203	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£989	72
204	Tamworth	West Midlands	£988	72
205	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£988	72
206	Breckland	East of England	£986	72
207	Torbay	South West	£981	71
208	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£980	71
209	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£979	71
210	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£972	71
211	Warrington	North West	£958	70
212	Bolton	North West	£956	69
213	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£956	69
214	Rutland	East Midlands	£953	69
215	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£951	69
216	Redditch	West Midlands	£948	69
217	Stafford	West Midlands	£945	69
218	Walsall	West Midlands	£945	69
219	North Norfolk	East of England	£942	68
220	Mid Devon	South West	£941	68
221	Forth Valley	Scotland	£940	68
222	Fylde	North West	£940	68
223	High Peak	East Midlands	£938	68
224	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£936	68
225	Gedling	East Midlands	£934	68
226	Wirral	North West	£925	67
227	West Lothian	Scotland	£921	67
228	Fenland	East of England	£918	67
229	Rochdale	North West	£917	67
230	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£917	67
231	North Devon	South West	£914	66
232	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£912	66
233	East Suffolk	East of England	£911	66
234	Ribble Valley	North West	£909	66
235	Rossendale	North West	£907	66
236	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£906	66
237	Torfaen	Wales	£906	66
238	Derby	East Midlands	£904	66
239	Fife	Scotland	£904	66
240	Forest of Dean	South West	£904	66
241	Dudley	West Midlands	£903	66
242	West Devon	South West	£903	66
243	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£902	66
244	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£900	65
245	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£896	65
246	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£895	65
247	Erewash	East Midlands	£895	65
248	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£894	65
249	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£890	65
250	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£888	65
251	North Tyneside	North East	£886	64
252	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£883	64
253	Knowsley	North West	£881	64
254	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£879	64
255	Lancaster	North West	£877	64
256	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£871	63
257	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£871	63
258	Chorley	North West	£868	63
259	Shropshire	West Midlands	£867	63
260	St. Helens	North West	£862	63
261	Swansea	Wales	£862	63
262	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£859	62
263	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£858	62
264	Torridge	South West	£856	62
265	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£854	62
266	Boston	East Midlands	£849	62
267	Preston	North West	£848	62
268	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£846	61
269	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£841	61
270	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£838	61
271	South Ribble	North West	£838	61
272	Ashfield	East Midlands	£835	61
273	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£834	61
274	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£833	61
275	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£832	60
276	Gateshead	North East	£827	60
277	West Lancashire	North West	£826	60
278	Wigan	North West	£824	60
279	Melton	East Midlands	£823	60
280	South Holland	East Midlands	£821	60
281	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£818	59
282	Conwy	Wales	£818	59
283	Flintshire	Wales	£818	59
284	Mansfield	East Midlands	£811	59
285	Halton	North West	£800	58
286	Bridgend	Wales	£797	58
287	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£797	58
288	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£796	58
289	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£795	58
290	Wyre	North West	£794	58
291	Blackpool	North West	£793	58
292	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£788	57
293	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£788	57
294	Wrexham	Wales	£788	57
295	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£787	57
296	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£779	57
297	Caerphilly	Wales	£776	56
298	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£769	56
299	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£768	56
300	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£765	56
301	Middlesbrough	North East	£765	56
302	South Tyneside	North East	£765	56
303	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£762	55
304	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£756	55
305	Gwynedd	Wales	£753	55
306	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£751	55
307	Denbighshire	Wales	£745	54
308	Pendle	North West	£744	54
309	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£743	54
310	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£743	54
311	Cumberland	North West	£742	54
312	Darlington	North East	£736	53
313	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£734	53
314	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£734	53
315	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£732	53
316	Ayrshires	Scotland	£730	53
317	Bolsover	East Midlands	£730	53
318	Northumberland	North East	£728	53
319	Sunderland	North East	£726	53
320	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£725	53
321	Ceredigion	Wales	£721	52
322	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£720	52
323	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£719	52
324	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£718	52
325	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£717	52
326	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£712	52
327	Hyndburn	North West	£708	51
328	Burnley	North West	£693	50
329	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£693	50
330	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£676	49
331	County Durham	North East	£670	49
332	Powys	Wales	£662	48
333	Hartlepool	North East	£623	45
334	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£613	45

Frequently asked questions

What is the average rent for a semi-detached property in the UK?: The average UK monthly private rent for a semi-detached property is £1,376, according to the Office for National Statistics (May 2026).
Where is the most expensive place to rent a semi-detached property in the UK?: Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a semi-detached property at £4,638 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 337 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.
Where is the cheapest place to rent a semi-detached property in the UK?: Dumfries and Galloway has the lowest average rent for a semi-detached property at £613 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 45. Source: ONS, May 2026.
What is the Gera Rent Index for a semi-detached property?: The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a semi-detached property as a percentage of the UK average (£1,376), so 100 equals the UK average. It is computed transparently from the two real ONS figures; the methodology is published at gerarent.com/methodology/gera-rent-index.

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Source: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (17 June 2026 edition, reference month May 2026). Published by the Office for National Statistics under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Gera Rent Index is computed by GeraRent from these figures; methodology at /methodology/gera-rent-index.