Renting in Canterbury
Median asking rent · all sizes · 755 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Canterbury is £1,250 a month, from 755 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £601/moasking · 243 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,300/moasking · 130 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,495/moasking · 121 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,650/moasking · 202 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £603/moasking · 60 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Canterbury by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/canterbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Canterbury
Canterbury currently has 815 rental listings on the property sites we track, 755 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Canterbury is £1,250 a month, from 755 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 145 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,200 a month in CT1 (344 live listings) to £1,373 in CT2 (170 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Canterbury (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Canterbury, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Canterbury is £601 a month, 52% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 243 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Canterbury is £1,300 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 130 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Canterbury is £1,495 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 121 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Canterbury is £1,650 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 202 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Canterbury is £603 a month, from 60 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Canterbury is £1,288 a month, up 5.8% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+5.8%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Affordability · ONS ASHE
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 pay
£30,188/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
51%
Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.
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. How we measure this
Property types
43% of listings
48% of listings
9% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 43% of the 329 houses currently advertised in Canterbury.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 514 live listings in 2 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Canterbury, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/canterbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Canterbury
Live signal across 815 Canterbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
99%
of 120 Canterbury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
93%
of 131 Canterbury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
145 homes came onto the Canterbury rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Randolph Close, Canterbury, Kent CT1
1 bed property
College Road, Canterbury CT1
3 bed property
Church Street St Pauls, Canterbury CT1
2 bed property
Popes Lane, Canterbury CT2
3 bed property
Willow Close, Canterbury, Canterbury CT2
4 bed property
Cherry Garden Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2
2 bed terraced house
Cobden Place, Canterbury, CT1
2 bed flat/apartment
The Rope Walk, CANTERBURY, CT1
1 bed flat/apartment
Sturry Road, Canterbury
2 bed flat/apartment
Back Lane, CANTERBURY, CT1
1 bed flat/apartment
St. Peters Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1
3 bed terraced house
Sundridge Close, Kent CT2
Studio flat/apartment
Alma Court, CT1
5 bed room
DOWNS ROAD
3 bed detached house
Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, Kent, CT1
2 bed terraced house
Horseshoe Mews, Tudor Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1
4 bed house
Bramshaw Road, Canterbury, CT2
3 bed bungalow
Canterbury Hill Canterbury
3 bed terraced house
Montfort Close, CANTERBURY, CT2
4 bed room
Whitstable Road (Blean)
3 bed terraced house
Willow Close, Canterbury, Canterbury
3 bed flat/apartment
Church Street St Pauls, Canterbury
5 bed room
HUNTON GARDENS
4 bed semi-detached house
Cherry Garden Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Canterbury. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Canterbury centroid. The five closest:
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT1 2DH
St Johns Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT1 1BD
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
Primary · Voluntary aided school · CT1 1NE
Barton Court Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · CT1 1PH
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Canterbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 27 of 27 postcode districts analysed, the median was 187 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Canterbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (152) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (135) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (120) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (22) · pop. ~2,000
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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Canterbury is £1,250 a month, from 755 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Canterbury is £601 a month, 52% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 243 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Canterbury is £1,300 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 130 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Canterbury is £1,495 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 121 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Canterbury is £1,650 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 202 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Canterbury is £603 a month, from 60 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 815 rental properties available in Canterbury, with 145 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Canterbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 187 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Canterbury is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Canterbury compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/canterbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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