Average studio rent in Canterbury
£950/mo
The median asking rent for a studio in Canterbury is £950 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 218 studios currently on the market.
Renting in Canterbury
Average Rent in Canterbury: £1,300/mo
Rent in Canterbury before the rush.
Median asking rent across 3,517 live Canterbury listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.
Median asking rent
£1,300 /month
3,517 live listings · 5 portals
| Size | Median rent | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | £950/mo | 218 |
| 1 bed | £895/mo | 698 |
| 2 bed | £1,300/mo | 707 |
| 3 bed | £1,500/mo | 579 |
| 4+ bed | £1,900/mo | 919 |
| Room (house share) | £600/mo | 396 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.
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Renting in Canterbury
What it costs to rent in Canterbury
Canterbury currently has 3,517 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,300 a month. 39 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 52% are houses and the rest are flats.
Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is CT8 at around £900/mo, while CT12 sits nearer £1,700/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Canterbury around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.
Rent by property size
Average rent in Canterbury by bedrooms
Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 3,517 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).
Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Canterbury
£895/mo
The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Canterbury is £895 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 698 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Canterbury
£1,300/mo
The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Canterbury is £1,300 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 707 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 3-bed house in Canterbury
£1,500/mo
The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Canterbury is £1,500 a month, 15% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 579 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 4-bed house in Canterbury
£1,900/mo
The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Canterbury is £1,900 a month, 46% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 919 listings currently on the market.
Average room rent in Canterbury
£600/mo
The median asking rent for a room in a Canterbury house share is £600 a month, 54% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 396 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
How Canterbury rents have moved
Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Canterbury. Latest: £1,281/mo (Jul 26, +5.7% YoY).
Latest
£1,281
Jul 26
Annual
+5.7%
vs last year
5-yr ago
£1,022
Aug 21
Total change
+25%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself.
Affordability · ONS ASHE
What share of Canterbury pay goes on rent?
Renters in Canterbury spend an estimated 51% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median rent
£1,281/mo
£15,372/yr
Median pay
£30,188/yr
gross, ASHE 2025
Rent burden
51%
Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.
0%30% threshold80%
Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.
Property types
What’s on offer in Canterbury
Flats & apartments
106040% of listings
Houses
116944% of listings
Rooms
39615% of listings
Bungalows
161% of listings
Property mix · houses
Houses to rent in Canterbury — what's on the market
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 1,186 houses currently advertised in Canterbury.
- Terraced41%486
- Other house31%373
- Semi-detached21%251
- Detached5%60
- Bungalow1%16
Rent by postcode
Where Canterbury rent is highest and lowest
Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,908 live listings in 18 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.
Most expensive in Canterbury
- 1CT12£1,700/mo11 rentals
- 2CT21£1,650/mo7 rentals
- 3CT4£1,650/mo7 rentals
Cheapest in Canterbury
- 1CT8£900/mo5 rentals
- 2CT19£900/mo6 rentals
- 3CT17£998/mo12 rentals
Features · Canterbury
Garden, parking, and floor area in Canterbury
Live signal across 3,517 Canterbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
91%
of 686 Canterbury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
82%
of 739 Canterbury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
New rentals in Canterbury this week
39 homes came onto the Canterbury rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
39 new this weekUpdated today
£503/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Parham Road, Canterbury CT1
1View listing
£1,600/moPrimeLocation3 bed property
Waters Edge, Canterbury CT1
3View listing
£1,500/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
Zealand Road, Canterbury CT1
2View listing
£1,500/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
Linen Court, Canterbury CT1
2View listing
£1,450/moPrimeLocation3 bed property
The Merchant Store, Station Road West, Canterbury CT2
3View listing
£1,350/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
Bishops Way, Canterbury CT2
2View listing
£1,250/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
St Peters Lane, Canterbury Ref - 2090 CT1
2View listing
£1,092/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Alma Court CT1
View listing- £900/moPrimeLocation
1 bed property
The Borough, Canterbury CT1
1View listing - £845/moPrimeLocation
Studio property
Alma Court CT1
View listing - £801/moPrimeLocation
Studio property
Alma Court CT1
View listing 
£550/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Guildford Road, Canterbury (Room) CT1
1View listing- £1,165/moPrimeLocation
Studio property
Alma Court CT1
View listing 
£1,300/moOnTheMarket2 bed flat/apartment
15 Roper Road, Canterbury
21View listing
£1,500/moOnTheMarket2 bed terraced house
Zealand Road Canterbury CT1
21View listing
£1,175/moOnTheMarket2 bed flat/apartment
Station Road West, Canterbury
21View listing
£550/moOnTheMarket1 bed house
Guildford Road, Canterbury (Room)
12View listing
£1,500/moOnTheMarket2 bed flat/apartment
Linen Court, Canterbury, CT1
22View listing
£1,350/moOnTheMarket2 bed terraced house
Bishops Way Canterbury CT2
21View listing- £900/moOnTheMarket
1 bed flat/apartment
The Borough, Canterbury, CT1
11View listing 
£1,600/moOnTheMarket4 bed terraced house
Teddington Close
42View listing
£1,400/moOnTheMarket3 bed terraced house
Teddington Close
31View listing
£845/moOnTheMarketStudio flat/apartment
Alma Court, CT1
1View listing
£1,165/moOnTheMarketStudio flat/apartment
Alma Court, CT1
1View listing
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Council tax bands across Canterbury
Most Canterbury homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 71,580 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.30
≈ Band C–D
Stock
72k
71,580 properties
- A11%8,110
- B20%14,060
- C29%21,090
- D19%13,920
- E11%7,810
- F6%4,170
- G3%2,310
- H0%110
Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
Broadband coverage across Canterbury
73% of Canterbury premises can already get full-fibre and 73% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
73%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
73%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
95%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
402 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
- Full fibre (FTTP)73%
- Gigabit-capable73%
- Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)95%
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Canterbury), July 2025, covering 72,152 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
EPC ratings for Canterbury homes
48% of Canterbury homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.
Bands A–C
48%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
52%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
59k
59,147 EPCs
- A1%557
- B13%7,479
- C34%20,237
- D37%22,164
- E12%6,896
- F2%1,377
- G1%437
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Canterbury. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
State-funded schools near Canterbury
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Canterbury centroid. The five closest:
- 10.11 mi
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT1 2DH
- 20.33 mi
St Johns Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT1 1BD
- 30.41 mi
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
Primary · Voluntary aided school · CT1 1NE
- 40.58 mi
Barton Court Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · CT1 1PH
- 50.61 mi
The Orchard School
Not applicable · Foundation special school · CT1 3QQ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Canterbury centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Safety in Canterbury
Higher Crime AreaBased on the latest police data (September 2026), Canterbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 27 of 27 postcode districts analysed, the median was 145 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Canterbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Crime overview
- 145 crimes per area (median)
- 27 of 27 postcode districts covered
- Data: September 2026
Most reported
- Anti-social behaviour
- 0% of incidents
Canterbury’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
Area breakdown
Safety by suburb in Canterbury
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Thanington has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Canterbury.
Wincheap
Typical for cityMost common: Violent crime (127) · pop. ~5,000
84per 1kHales Place
Typical for cityMost common: Violent crime (179) · pop. ~7,000
71per 1kThanington
Safer areaMost common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~4,000
22per 1kSt Stephen's
Typical for cityMost common: Violent crime (165) · pop. ~6,000
73per 1kRough Common
Safer areaMost common: Violent crime (34) · pop. ~2,000
36per 1k
Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
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OnTheMarket
483
OpenRent
423
PrimeLocation
408
SpareRoom
396
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Frequently asked
Renting in Canterbury — your questions answered
How much is rent in Canterbury?
The average (median) asking rent in Canterbury is £1,300 a month — a 1-bed is £895 and a 2-bed £1,300, based on 3,517 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.
What is the average studio rent in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a studio in Canterbury is £950 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 218 studios currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Canterbury is £895 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 698 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Canterbury is £1,300 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 707 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Canterbury is £1,500 a month, 15% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 579 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Canterbury is £1,900 a month, 46% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 919 listings currently on the market.
What is the average room rent in Canterbury?
The median asking rent for a room in a Canterbury house share is £600 a month, 54% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 396 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.
How many rental properties are available in Canterbury?
There are currently 3,517 rental properties available in Canterbury, with 39 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Is Canterbury safe for renters?
Canterbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 145 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
What is the most common crime in Canterbury?
The most commonly reported crime category in Canterbury is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.
Across South East
Average rent across South East
How Canterbury compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.
- Southampton£1,150/mo
- Portsmouth£1,250/mo
- Reading£1,400/mo
- Milton Keynes£1,400/mo
- Brighton£1,595/mo
- Slough£1,500/mo
- Oxford£1,800/mo
- Guildford£1,625/mo
- Woking£1,550/mo
- Crawley£1,400/mo
- Maidstone£1,250/mo
- Worthing£1,250/mo
- Eastbourne£1,150/mo
- Basingstoke£1,330/mo
- Winchester£1,400/mo
- Tunbridge Wells£1,450/mo
- Folkestone£1,100/mo
- Chatham£1,300/mo
- Maidenhead£1,701/mo
- Wokingham£1,500/mo
- Dover£1,000/mo
- Hastings£1,100/mo
- Chichester£1,385/mo
- Aylesbury£1,300/mo
- High Wycombe£1,350/mo
- Margate£1,050/mo
- Ashford£1,250/mo
- Epsom£1,800/mo
- Farnborough£1,375/mo
- Aldershot£1,350/mo
- Bracknell£1,350/mo
- Newbury£1,250/mo
- Fleet£1,335/mo
- Andover£1,275/mo
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