Estimated rental yields in England & Wales, by local authority
Estimate · Estimated gross rental yield (GableIndex calculation; modified data). Before costs, taxes and vacancy; indicative only.
316 local authoritys in England & Wales, rents 2026-07, prices 2025-08 to 2026-07. Median estimated gross yield: 4.36%.
| Local Authority | Est. gross yield | Rent £/month | Median price £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 7.07% | 1,207 | 205,000 |
| Bristol, City of | 6.41% | 1,880 | 352,000 |
| Portsmouth | 6.31% | 1,367 | 260,000 |
| Manchester | 6.30% | 1,365 | 260,000 |
| Tower Hamlets | 6.25% | 2,439 | 468,000 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 6.25% | 755 | 145,000 |
| Blackpool | 6.12% | 714 | 140,000 |
| Nottingham | 6.07% | 1,011 | 200,000 |
| Lincoln | 5.96% | 944 | 190,000 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 5.92% | 691 | 140,000 |
| Gateshead | 5.91% | 798 | 162,000 |
| Salford | 5.91% | 1,167 | 237,000 |
| Norwich | 5.85% | 1,146 | 235,000 |
| Southampton | 5.79% | 1,255 | 260,000 |
| Liverpool | 5.74% | 909 | 190,000 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 5.74% | 679 | 142,000 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 5.71% | 1,881 | 395,000 |
| Lambeth | 5.62% | 2,519 | 537,500 |
| Sunderland | 5.54% | 704 | 152,500 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 5.51% | 753 | 164,000 |
| Southwark | 5.48% | 2,431 | 532,500 |
| Leeds | 5.47% | 1,140 | 250,000 |
| Birmingham | 5.46% | 1,093 | 240,000 |
| Gosport | 5.44% | 1,165 | 257,000 |
| Reading | 5.40% | 1,573 | 349,500 |
| Burnley | 5.38% | 628 | 140,000 |
| Hackney | 5.38% | 2,644 | 590,000 |
| County Durham | 5.38% | 645 | 144,000 |
| Harlow | 5.36% | 1,518 | 340,000 |
| Hyndburn | 5.34% | 645 | 145,000 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 5.33% | 711 | 160,000 |
| Coventry | 5.32% | 1,019 | 230,000 |
| Newham | 5.32% | 1,927 | 435,000 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 5.29% | 1,696 | 385,000 |
| Plymouth | 5.28% | 1,001 | 227,500 |
| Exeter | 5.28% | 1,320 | 300,000 |
| Torfaen | 5.27% | 858 | 195,250 |
| Islington | 5.27% | 2,854 | 650,000 |
| South Tyneside | 5.26% | 737 | 168,000 |
| Pendle | 5.26% | 666 | 152,000 |
| Middlesbrough | 5.24% | 699 | 160,000 |
| Gloucester | 5.23% | 1,112 | 255,000 |
| Greenwich | 5.22% | 1,980 | 455,000 |
| Watford | 5.21% | 1,823 | 420,000 |
| Oxford | 5.20% | 1,966 | 453,750 |
| Oldham | 5.20% | 931 | 215,000 |
| Cardiff | 5.20% | 1,169 | 270,000 |
| Knowsley | 5.19% | 844 | 195,000 |
| Sheffield | 5.19% | 929 | 215,000 |
| South Gloucestershire | 5.14% | 1,456 | 340,000 |
| Bolton | 5.12% | 884 | 207,000 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 5.11% | 713 | 167,500 |
| Brighton and Hove | 5.11% | 1,809 | 425,000 |
| Sandwell | 5.11% | 947 | 222,500 |
| Rossendale | 5.10% | 808 | 190,000 |
| Tameside | 5.10% | 927 | 218,025 |
| Crawley | 5.09% | 1,486 | 350,000 |
| Swansea | 5.09% | 848 | 200,000 |
| Eastbourne | 5.09% | 1,166 | 275,000 |
| Wolverhampton | 5.02% | 942 | 225,000 |
| Dartford | 5.02% | 1,570 | 375,000 |
| Leicester | 5.02% | 1,024 | 245,000 |
| St. Helens | 5.01% | 802 | 192,000 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 5.01% | 1,399 | 335,000 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 5.01% | 689 | 165,000 |
| Ipswich | 5.01% | 993 | 238,000 |
| Wandsworth | 4.97% | 2,620 | 632,500 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 4.97% | 2,796 | 675,000 |
| West Suffolk | 4.93% | 1,179 | 287,000 |
| Stevenage | 4.92% | 1,436 | 349,990 |
| Peterborough | 4.91% | 1,003 | 245,000 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 4.90% | 735 | 180,000 |
| Walsall | 4.89% | 916 | 225,000 |
| Newport | 4.88% | 956 | 235,000 |
| Ashfield | 4.88% | 793 | 195,000 |
| Sefton | 4.88% | 935 | 230,000 |
| Hounslow | 4.86% | 1,945 | 480,000 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 4.86% | 830 | 205,000 |
| Lancaster | 4.85% | 815 | 201,600 |
| Mansfield | 4.85% | 788 | 195,000 |
| Darlington | 4.84% | 686 | 170,000 |
| Rochdale | 4.79% | 844 | 211,500 |
| Merton | 4.78% | 2,153 | 540,000 |
| Westminster | 4.77% | 3,179 | 800,000 |
| Broxbourne | 4.76% | 1,687 | 425,000 |
| Medway | 4.75% | 1,236 | 312,000 |
| North Tyneside | 4.75% | 851 | 215,000 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 4.75% | 633 | 160,000 |
| Milton Keynes | 4.74% | 1,343 | 340,000 |
| Basildon | 4.74% | 1,421 | 360,000 |
| Bolsover | 4.73% | 710 | 180,000 |
| York | 4.73% | 1,193 | 302,500 |
| Ealing | 4.73% | 2,085 | 528,750 |
| Bradford | 4.73% | 749 | 190,000 |
| Derby | 4.73% | 857 | 217,500 |
| Preston | 4.73% | 788 | 200,000 |
| Bury | 4.73% | 969 | 246,000 |
| Swindon | 4.72% | 1,090 | 277,000 |
| Slough | 4.71% | 1,569 | 399,950 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 4.70% | 921 | 235,000 |
| Boston | 4.70% | 803 | 205,000 |
| Lewisham | 4.67% | 1,828 | 470,000 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 4.66% | 643 | 165,500 |
| Wyre | 4.65% | 737 | 190,000 |
| Wakefield | 4.64% | 800 | 206,750 |
| Calderdale | 4.63% | 753 | 195,000 |
| Cumberland | 4.63% | 675 | 175,000 |
| Barnsley | 4.62% | 693 | 180,000 |
| Haringey | 4.61% | 2,213 | 575,500 |
| Enfield | 4.61% | 1,821 | 473,750 |
| Thurrock | 4.61% | 1,375 | 358,000 |
| Doncaster | 4.61% | 691 | 180,000 |
| Great Yarmouth | 4.59% | 841 | 220,000 |
| Tendring | 4.59% | 1,051 | 275,000 |
| Halton | 4.58% | 745 | 195,000 |
| Worcester | 4.58% | 974 | 255,000 |
| Cannock Chase | 4.58% | 859 | 225,000 |
| Luton | 4.58% | 1,221 | 320,000 |
| Cheltenham | 4.58% | 1,259 | 330,000 |
| Worthing | 4.57% | 1,303 | 342,000 |
| Wrexham | 4.56% | 766 | 201,500 |
| North Northamptonshire | 4.56% | 988 | 260,000 |
| Erewash | 4.55% | 834 | 220,000 |
| Rushmoor | 4.55% | 1,387 | 366,000 |
| Chesterfield | 4.55% | 754 | 199,000 |
| Thanet | 4.53% | 1,114 | 295,000 |
| North Somerset | 4.52% | 1,205 | 320,000 |
| Solihull | 4.51% | 1,269 | 337,500 |
| Cambridge | 4.51% | 1,806 | 480,500 |
| North Warwickshire | 4.51% | 978 | 260,500 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 4.49% | 861 | 230,000 |
| Torbay | 4.49% | 917 | 245,000 |
| Canterbury | 4.49% | 1,281 | 342,500 |
| Broxtowe | 4.48% | 945 | 253,000 |
| Flintshire | 4.48% | 803 | 215,000 |
| Camden | 4.48% | 2,800 | 750,000 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 4.47% | 1,025 | 275,000 |
| Wigan | 4.47% | 745 | 200,000 |
| Caerphilly | 4.46% | 743 | 200,000 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 4.45% | 986 | 265,998 |
| Wirral | 4.45% | 852 | 230,000 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 4.44% | 1,296 | 350,000 |
| Rugby | 4.44% | 1,046 | 282,500 |
| Cherwell | 4.44% | 1,294 | 350,000 |
| Colchester | 4.42% | 1,196 | 325,000 |
| Tamworth | 4.42% | 920 | 250,000 |
| Sevenoaks | 4.42% | 1,803 | 490,000 |
| Conwy | 4.41% | 791 | 215,000 |
| Croydon | 4.41% | 1,581 | 430,000 |
| Isle of Wight | 4.41% | 950 | 258,500 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 4.41% | 1,176 | 320,000 |
| North Lincolnshire | 4.40% | 653 | 178,000 |
| Adur | 4.40% | 1,399 | 381,500 |
| Brent | 4.39% | 2,012 | 550,000 |
| West Northamptonshire | 4.39% | 1,078 | 295,000 |
| Fenland | 4.38% | 840 | 230,000 |
| South Ribble | 4.36% | 800 | 220,000 |
| Hartlepool | 4.36% | 556 | 152,973 |
| Kirklees | 4.35% | 780 | 215,000 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 4.34% | 1,484 | 410,000 |
| Redditch | 4.34% | 951 | 262,750 |
| Swale | 4.34% | 1,103 | 305,000 |
| Ashford | 4.33% | 1,246 | 345,000 |
| Gwynedd | 4.33% | 722 | 200,000 |
| Arun | 4.33% | 1,227 | 340,000 |
| Woking | 4.32% | 1,619 | 450,000 |
| Trafford | 4.32% | 1,367 | 380,000 |
| Gravesham | 4.32% | 1,331 | 370,000 |
| Gedling | 4.32% | 899 | 250,000 |
| Hastings | 4.31% | 1,006 | 280,000 |
| Stockport | 4.30% | 1,111 | 310,000 |
| Braintree | 4.30% | 1,217 | 340,000 |
| Spelthorne | 4.29% | 1,661 | 465,000 |
| Epping Forest | 4.29% | 1,843 | 516,000 |
| Bexley | 4.28% | 1,534 | 430,000 |
| Fylde | 4.28% | 866 | 243,000 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 4.27% | 933 | 262,000 |
| Somerset | 4.27% | 1,006 | 282,500 |
| Chelmsford | 4.27% | 1,442 | 405,000 |
| Dudley | 4.26% | 853 | 240,000 |
| Lichfield | 4.26% | 1,100 | 310,000 |
| Dover | 4.26% | 1,029 | 290,000 |
| East Staffordshire | 4.25% | 851 | 240,000 |
| Maidstone | 4.25% | 1,293 | 365,000 |
| Warwick | 4.25% | 1,239 | 350,000 |
| Havant | 4.23% | 1,146 | 325,000 |
| Cornwall | 4.23% | 1,004 | 285,000 |
| Eastleigh | 4.22% | 1,214 | 345,000 |
| Dacorum | 4.22% | 1,583 | 450,000 |
| South Derbyshire | 4.22% | 879 | 250,000 |
| Blaby | 4.22% | 994 | 282,750 |
| Bracknell Forest | 4.21% | 1,456 | 415,000 |
| Amber Valley | 4.21% | 794 | 226,500 |
| Rotherham | 4.20% | 683 | 195,000 |
| High Peak | 4.20% | 928 | 265,000 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 4.20% | 1,509 | 431,000 |
| Breckland | 4.19% | 925 | 265,000 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 4.18% | 1,307 | 375,000 |
| Charnwood | 4.18% | 958 | 275,000 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 4.18% | 940 | 270,000 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 4.17% | 1,529 | 440,000 |
| Denbighshire | 4.17% | 712 | 205,000 |
| Stafford | 4.16% | 898 | 258,750 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4.15% | 3,629 | 1,050,000 |
| Guildford | 4.15% | 1,728 | 500,000 |
| Bridgend | 4.14% | 759 | 220,000 |
| Fareham | 4.14% | 1,189 | 345,000 |
| Vale of White Horse | 4.13% | 1,343 | 390,000 |
| Chorley | 4.13% | 792 | 230,000 |
| Lewes | 4.13% | 1,325 | 385,000 |
| Havering | 4.12% | 1,564 | 455,000 |
| Bassetlaw | 4.11% | 720 | 210,000 |
| Test Valley | 4.11% | 1,234 | 360,000 |
| Carmarthenshire | 4.11% | 685 | 200,000 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 4.11% | 1,249 | 365,000 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 4.10% | 1,805 | 528,000 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 4.09% | 1,637 | 480,000 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 4.08% | 987 | 290,000 |
| Castle Point | 4.08% | 1,257 | 370,000 |
| North Hertfordshire | 4.08% | 1,429 | 420,650 |
| North West Leicestershire | 4.07% | 910 | 268,000 |
| North Kesteven | 4.07% | 820 | 241,500 |
| Sutton | 4.07% | 1,553 | 458,000 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 4.06% | 813 | 240,000 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 4.06% | 812 | 240,000 |
| Runnymede | 4.06% | 1,579 | 467,000 |
| Wealden | 4.05% | 1,266 | 375,000 |
| East Hertfordshire | 4.05% | 1,519 | 450,000 |
| Warrington | 4.05% | 894 | 265,000 |
| West Berkshire | 4.04% | 1,314 | 390,000 |
| Horsham | 4.04% | 1,465 | 435,000 |
| Bedford | 4.01% | 1,170 | 350,000 |
| Tewkesbury | 4.01% | 1,086 | 325,000 |
| Hertsmere | 4.00% | 1,817 | 545,000 |
| Redbridge | 3.98% | 1,724 | 520,000 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 3.97% | 1,411 | 427,000 |
| Tandridge | 3.96% | 1,634 | 495,000 |
| Wiltshire | 3.96% | 1,072 | 325,000 |
| Barnet | 3.96% | 1,945 | 590,000 |
| Northumberland | 3.95% | 691 | 210,000 |
| Rother | 3.94% | 1,166 | 355,000 |
| Huntingdonshire | 3.94% | 1,050 | 320,000 |
| Cheshire East | 3.94% | 984 | 299,950 |
| West Oxfordshire | 3.93% | 1,293 | 395,000 |
| South Staffordshire | 3.93% | 949 | 290,000 |
| South Norfolk | 3.92% | 981 | 300,000 |
| South Holland | 3.92% | 768 | 235,000 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 3.92% | 2,318 | 710,000 |
| Wyre Forest | 3.91% | 823 | 252,500 |
| Mid Suffolk | 3.91% | 1,001 | 307,250 |
| East Lindsey | 3.90% | 699 | 215,000 |
| Teignbridge | 3.90% | 958 | 295,000 |
| Winchester | 3.88% | 1,505 | 465,000 |
| Waltham Forest | 3.88% | 1,765 | 545,625 |
| West Lindsey | 3.88% | 744 | 230,000 |
| Three Rivers | 3.88% | 1,820 | 562,916 |
| Bromley | 3.88% | 1,681 | 520,000 |
| Mid Sussex | 3.87% | 1,420 | 440,000 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 3.87% | 1,807 | 560,000 |
| New Forest | 3.87% | 1,241 | 385,000 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 3.86% | 724 | 225,000 |
| Brentwood | 3.86% | 1,618 | 503,000 |
| West Lancashire | 3.85% | 803 | 250,000 |
| Rochford | 3.84% | 1,298 | 405,250 |
| Harrow | 3.83% | 1,773 | 555,000 |
| South Kesteven | 3.82% | 843 | 265,000 |
| North East Derbyshire | 3.82% | 787 | 247,500 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3.80% | 1,474 | 465,000 |
| Rushcliffe | 3.79% | 1,041 | 330,000 |
| Hart | 3.78% | 1,417 | 450,000 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 3.78% | 724 | 230,000 |
| Mid Devon | 3.75% | 876 | 280,000 |
| North Yorkshire | 3.75% | 844 | 270,000 |
| St Albans | 3.74% | 1,931 | 620,000 |
| South Oxfordshire | 3.71% | 1,392 | 450,000 |
| Dorset | 3.71% | 1,051 | 340,000 |
| Surrey Heath | 3.71% | 1,508 | 488,000 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 3.71% | 1,143 | 369,950 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 3.70% | 710 | 230,000 |
| Ceredigion | 3.70% | 723 | 234,500 |
| Pembrokeshire | 3.69% | 692 | 225,000 |
| Wokingham | 3.67% | 1,470 | 480,000 |
| Monmouthshire | 3.67% | 993 | 325,000 |
| Stroud | 3.67% | 1,040 | 340,500 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 3.66% | 1,035 | 339,000 |
| Chichester | 3.66% | 1,328 | 435,000 |
| Hillingdon | 3.65% | 1,565 | 514,500 |
| Broadland | 3.63% | 939 | 310,000 |
| Ribble Valley | 3.63% | 816 | 269,975 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 3.62% | 1,694 | 562,000 |
| Babergh | 3.57% | 968 | 325,000 |
| East Hampshire | 3.56% | 1,262 | 425,000 |
| East Devon | 3.56% | 965 | 325,000 |
| Maldon | 3.56% | 1,143 | 385,000 |
| Harborough | 3.56% | 963 | 325,000 |
| Forest of Dean | 3.54% | 826 | 280,000 |
| Melton | 3.54% | 796 | 270,000 |
| East Suffolk | 3.54% | 840 | 285,000 |
| Shropshire | 3.51% | 819 | 279,950 |
| Torridge | 3.51% | 788 | 269,500 |
| North Devon | 3.50% | 845 | 289,500 |
| Bromsgrove | 3.48% | 985 | 340,000 |
| North Norfolk | 3.46% | 864 | 300,000 |
| Wychavon | 3.45% | 950 | 330,150 |
| Rutland | 3.45% | 962 | 335,000 |
| West Devon | 3.43% | 840 | 294,000 |
| Elmbridge | 3.43% | 1,867 | 653,500 |
| Cotswold | 3.42% | 1,248 | 437,500 |
| South Hams | 3.42% | 1,009 | 354,000 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 3.36% | 811 | 290,000 |
| Malvern Hills | 3.35% | 943 | 337,500 |
| Uttlesford | 3.33% | 1,286 | 464,000 |
| Waverley | 3.22% | 1,450 | 540,000 |
| Mole Valley | 3.20% | 1,548 | 580,000 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 3.04% | 810 | 320,000 |
| Powys | 2.99% | 622 | 250,000 |
How this is calculated
ONS average monthly private rent per dwelling × 12 ÷ HM Land Registry median price paid (standard residential sales, category A) over the 12 months ending in the rent month, same local authority; at least 30 sales. Uses the latest complete Land Registry month.
Sources
- ONS Price Index of Private Rents · OGL v3.0 · period: 2026-07
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · OGL v3.0 · period: 2025-08 to 2026-07
Estimate, not an offer or a forecast. Gross yields are before costs, taxes, vacancies and financing, and rents and prices come from different sources and samples. Areas are averages: a specific property can differ a lot. Information only, not a recommendation.
All estimated rental yields · Methodology
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (OGL v3.0); HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL v3.0). As of: 2026-10-14.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Modified by GableIndex (estimated gross yield).
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Modified by GableIndex (estimated gross yield).