Renting in Eastbourne

Average Rent in Eastbourne: £1,150/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,763 live Eastbourne 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

£1,150 /month

1,763 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Eastbourne by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£750/mo	120
1 bed	£900/mo	534
2 bed	£1,200/mo	672
3 bed	£1,500/mo	266
4+ bed	£1,995/mo	171

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Eastbourne

What it costs to rent in Eastbourne

Eastbourne currently has 1,763 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,150 a month. 27 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 25% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is TN34 at around £895/mo, while BN27 sits nearer £1,750/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 Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,763 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Eastbourne

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Eastbourne is £750 a month, 35% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 120 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Eastbourne

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Eastbourne is £900 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 534 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Eastbourne is £1,200 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 672 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Eastbourne

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Eastbourne is £1,500 a month, 30% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 266 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Eastbourne

£1,995/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Eastbourne is £1,995 a month, 73% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 171 listings currently on the market.

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 Eastbourne rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Eastbourne. Latest: £1,166/mo (Jul 26, +0.7% YoY).

Latest

£1,166

Jul 26

Annual

+0.7%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£943

Aug 21

Total change

+24%

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 Eastbourne pay goes on rent?

Renters in Eastbourne spend an estimated 45% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,166/mo

£13,992/yr

Median pay

£31,199/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

45%

Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.

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 Eastbourne

Flats & apartments

1005

74% of listings

Houses

337

25% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 41% of the 354 houses currently advertised in Eastbourne.

Terraced
41%146
Other house
25%89
Semi-detached
17%59
Detached
12%43
Bungalow
5%17

Rent by postcode

Where Eastbourne rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,338 live listings in 20 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Eastbourne

1BN27£1,750/mo11 rentals
2BN24£1,650/mo26 rentals
3BN2£1,600/mo51 rentals

Cheapest in Eastbourne

1TN34£895/mo15 rentals
2TN37£963/mo10 rentals
3BN21£1,000/mo569 rentals

Features · Eastbourne

Garden, parking, and floor area in Eastbourne

Live signal across 1,763 Eastbourne 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 310 Eastbourne listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

77%

of 398 Eastbourne listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Eastbourne this week

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

27 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Eastbourne

Most Eastbourne homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 49,730 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.96

≈ Band B–C

Stock

50k

49,730 properties

A
18%8,850
B
27%13,330
C
22%10,930
D
18%8,750
E
9%4,610
F
4%2,060
G
2%1,130
H
0%90

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 Eastbourne

87% of Eastbourne premises can already get full-fibre and 87% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

87%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

87%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

100%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

458 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
87%
Gigabit-capable
87%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
100%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Eastbourne), July 2025, covering 48,729 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Eastbourne homes

48% of Eastbourne 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

42k

42,169 EPCs

A
0%71
B
6%2,732
C
41%17,254
D
39%16,385
E
11%4,743
F
2%798
G
0%186

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Eastbourne

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

1
Gildredge House
All-through · Free schools · BN20 8AB
0.45 mi
2
Bourne Primary School
Primary · Community school · BN22 8BD
0.73 mi
3
St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · BN22 8XT
0.88 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Eastbourne

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Eastbourne has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 35 of 35 postcode districts analysed, the median was 215 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Eastbourne is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

215 crimes per area (median)
35 of 35 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Eastbourne’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 Eastbourne

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.

Langney has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Eastbourne.

Hampden Park
Typical for city
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (60) · pop. ~9,000
28
per 1k
Old Town
Safer area
Most common: Shoplifting (50) · pop. ~10,000
18
per 1k
Meads
Higher crime
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (118) · pop. ~6,000
70
per 1k
Langney
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (72) · pop. ~15,000
17
per 1k
Seaside
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (208) · pop. ~9,000
76
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

Eastbourne listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Eastbourne.

Rightmove

862

OpenRent

312

OnTheMarket

300

PrimeLocation

212

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Eastbourne — your questions answered

How much is rent in Eastbourne?

The average (median) asking rent in Eastbourne is £1,150 a month — a 1-bed is £900 and a 2-bed £1,200, based on 1,763 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Eastbourne?

The median asking rent for a studio in Eastbourne is £750 a month, 35% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 120 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Eastbourne is £900 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 534 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Eastbourne is £1,200 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 672 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Eastbourne is £1,500 a month, 30% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 266 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Eastbourne is £1,995 a month, 73% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 171 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in Eastbourne?

There are currently 1,763 rental properties available in Eastbourne, with 27 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Eastbourne safe for renters?

Eastbourne has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 215 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 Eastbourne?

The most commonly reported crime category in Eastbourne is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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