Renting in Carlisle

Average Rent in Carlisle: £775/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,147 live Carlisle 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

£775 /month

1,147 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Carlisle by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£575/mo7
1 bed£595/mo200
2 bed£775/mo351
3 bed£950/mo173
4+ bed£850/mo129
Room (house share)£550/mo287

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 Carlisle

What it costs to rent in Carlisle

Carlisle currently has 1,147 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £775 a month. 52 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 61% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is DG2 at around £475/mo, while CA11 sits nearer £1,125/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.

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Rent by property size

Average rent in Carlisle by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,147 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Carlisle

£575/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Carlisle is £575 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 7 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Carlisle

£595/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Carlisle is £595 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 200 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Carlisle

£775/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Carlisle is £775 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £775, based on 351 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Carlisle

£950/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Carlisle is £950 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £775, based on 173 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Carlisle

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Carlisle is £850 a month, 10% above the city-wide median of £775, based on 129 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Carlisle

£550/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Carlisle house share is £550 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 287 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 Cumberland rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Cumberland, the ONS area that covers Carlisle. Latest: £675/mo (Jul 26, +6.9% YoY).

Latest

£675

Jul 26

Annual

+6.9%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£499

Aug 21

Total change

+35%

since 2021

£500£575£675Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Carlisle

Flats & apartments

228

26% of listings

Houses

360

41% of listings

Rooms

287

33% of listings

Bungalows

5

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Carlisle — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 51% of the 367 houses currently advertised in Carlisle.

  • Terraced
    51%189
  • Semi-detached
    26%95
  • Other house
    15%56
  • Detached
    6%22
  • Bungalow
    1%5

Rent by postcode

Where Carlisle rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 547 live listings in 10 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Carlisle

  1. 1CA11£1,125/mo4 rentals
  2. 2DG11£873/mo6 rentals
  3. 3CA3£850/mo88 rentals

Cheapest in Carlisle

  1. 1DG2£475/mo3 rentals
  2. 2DG1£575/mo6 rentals
  3. 3CA14£623/mo4 rentals

Features · Carlisle

Garden, parking, and floor area in Carlisle

Live signal across 1,147 Carlisle rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

73%

of 164 Carlisle listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

78%

of 181 Carlisle listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Carlisle this week

52 homes came onto the Carlisle rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

52 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 1 bed property for rent in Carnation Gardens, Hayes UB3
    £1,700/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Carnation Gardens, Hayes UB3

    1View listing
  2. 2 bed property for rent in Eastwood Grange Court, Hexham NE46
    £1,000/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Eastwood Grange Court, Hexham NE46

    2View listing
  3. 1 bed property for rent in Wallace Street, Dumfries, Dumfries And Galloway DG1
    £600/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Wallace Street, Dumfries, Dumfries And Galloway DG1

    1View listing
  4. 1 bed property for rent in Melmerby, Penrith CA10
    £600/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Melmerby, Penrith CA10

    1View listing
  5. 1 bed property for rent in Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1
    £675/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1

    1View listing
  6. 2 bed property for rent in Fisher Street, Carlisle CA3
    £800/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Fisher Street, Carlisle CA3

    2View listing
  7. 4 bed property for rent in Wyton House, Harker Place CA6
    £1,200/moPrimeLocation

    4 bed property

    Wyton House, Harker Place CA6

    4View listing
  8. £804/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    44View listing
  9. £750/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  10. £800/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  11. £675/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  12. £850/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    43View listing
  13. 3 bed terraced house for rent in 3 Bed Terraced House, Nelson St, CA2
    £895/moOpenRent

    3 bed terraced house

    3 Bed Terraced House, Nelson St, CA2

    31View listing
  14. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in 1 Bed Flat, Wetheral Street, CA2
    £700/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    1 Bed Flat, Wetheral Street, CA2

    11View listing
  15. £704/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    43View listing
  16. 6 bed property for rent in Warwick Road, Carlisle
    £500/moRightmove

    6 bed property

    Warwick Road, Carlisle

    62View listing
  17. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in 91 Moorhouse Road, Carlisle, Cumbria
    £1,100/moRightmove

    3 bed semi-detached house

    91 Moorhouse Road, Carlisle, Cumbria

    32View listing
  18. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 8 Wilson Street, Carlisle, CA2
    £795/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    8 Wilson Street, Carlisle, CA2

    21View listing
  19. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Rydal St, Carlisle, CA1
    £750/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Rydal St, Carlisle, CA1

    21View listing
  20. 4 bed property for rent in Wigton Road, Carlisle
    £500/moRightmove

    4 bed property

    Wigton Road, Carlisle

    41View listing
  21. 1 bed property for rent in Church Terrace, Carlisle
    £500/moRightmove

    1 bed property

    Church Terrace, Carlisle

    11View listing
  22. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Devonshire Street, Carlisle, CA3
    £595/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Devonshire Street, Carlisle, CA3

    11View listing
  23. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1
    £675/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1

    11View listing
  24. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 11 Nook Street, CA1
    £795/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    11 Nook Street, CA1

    21View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Carlisle

Most Carlisle homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 137,640 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

A

most common band

Mean band

2.21

≈ Band B–C

Stock

138k

137,640 properties

  • A
    46%63,960
  • B
    19%25,680
  • C
    15%20,270
  • D
    11%15,420
  • E
    6%8,350
  • F
    2%2,920
  • G
    1%970
  • H
    0%80

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 Carlisle

73% of Carlisle premises can already get full-fibre and 75% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

73%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

75%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

97%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

411 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    73%
  • Gigabit-capable
    75%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    97%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Cumberland), July 2025, covering 136,922 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Carlisle homes

38% of Carlisle 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

38%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

62%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

107k

107,294 EPCs

  • A
    0%516
  • B
    10%11,127
  • C
    27%28,959
  • D
    40%43,301
  • E
    14%15,315
  • F
    5%5,746
  • G
    2%2,330

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Cumberland. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Carlisle

8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Carlisle centroid. The five closest:

  1. 1

    Trinity School

    Secondary · Academy converter · CA1 1JB

    0.29 mi
  2. 2

    Richard Rose Central Academy

    Secondary · Academy sponsor led · CA1 1LY

    0.44 mi
  3. 3

    Brook Street Primary School

    Primary · Community school · CA1 2JB

    0.48 mi
  4. 4

    Norman Street Primary School

    Primary · Community school · CA1 2BQ

    0.56 mi
  5. 5

    Robert Ferguson Primary School

    Primary · Community school · CA2 5LA

    0.62 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Carlisle centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Carlisle

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.

Harraby has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Carlisle.

  • Denton Holme

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (231) · pop. ~6,000

    93
    per 1k

  • Stanwix

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (166) · pop. ~9,000

    42
    per 1k

  • Botcherby

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (196) · pop. ~5,000

    85
    per 1k

  • Currock

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (236) · pop. ~9,000

    60
    per 1k

  • Harraby

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (143) · pop. ~11,000

    26
    per 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.

Where we search

Carlisle listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Carlisle.

Rightmove
324
SpareRoom
287
OnTheMarket
238
OpenRent
187
PrimeLocation
111

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Frequently asked

Renting in Carlisle — your questions answered

How much is rent in Carlisle?

The average (median) asking rent in Carlisle is £775 a month — a 1-bed is £595 and a 2-bed £775, based on 1,147 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a studio in Carlisle is £575 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 7 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Carlisle is £595 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 200 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Carlisle is £775 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £775, based on 351 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Carlisle is £950 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £775, based on 173 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Carlisle is £850 a month, 10% above the city-wide median of £775, based on 129 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Carlisle?

The median asking rent for a room in a Carlisle house share is £550 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £775, based on 287 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Carlisle?

There are currently 1,147 rental properties available in Carlisle, with 52 new listings added in the last 7 days.

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