Renting in Ely
Median asking rent · all sizes · 80 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ely is £1,250 a month, from 80 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £860/moasking · 12 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,200/moasking · 36 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,400/moasking · 19 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,350/moasking · 13 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 Ely by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ely, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Ely
Ely currently has 80 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ely is £1,250 a month, from 80 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 10 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 68% 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 CF5 (5 live listings) to £1,250 in CB6 (33 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Ely (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 Ely, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Ely is £860 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Ely is £1,200 a month, 4% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Ely is £1,400 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Ely is £2,350 a month, 88% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 13 live listings on three property sites (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 East Cambridgeshire is £1,042 a month, up 0.0% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). East Cambridgeshire is the ONS area that covers Ely. 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
+0.0%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Property types
32% of listings
68% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 61% of the 46 houses currently advertised in Ely.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 71 live listings in 3 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 Ely, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ely, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Ely
Live signal across 80 Ely rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
79%
of 53 Ely listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
79%
of 53 Ely listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.00/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 14 live listings · October 2026Median 788 sqft across the 14 Ely listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
10 homes came onto the Ely rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed terraced house
Victoria Street, Ely CB7 4BL
1 bed flat/apartment
West End Mews, West End, Ely
2 bed terraced house
Cawdle Close, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
2 bed terraced house
The Chapters, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
3 bed terraced house
Cawdle Close, Ely
2 bed terraced house
Henley Way ELY
2 bed flat/apartment
5 Lantern Court, High Street, Ely
1 bed flat/apartment
Meadow Way, Ely, CB6 3EX
1 bed property
High Street ELY
4 bed semi-detached house
Apollo Chase, Ely, CB7
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Gunning Road, CB7
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed End Terrace, Christopher Tye Close, CB6
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Columbine Road, CB6
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed End Terrace, West End, CB6
2 bed property
Clos Eiddiw, CARDIFF, CF5
2 bed flat/apartment
Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff, CF5
4 bed detached house
Coedriglan Drive, The Drope, Cardiff, CF5
2 bed terraced house
The Chapters, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
5 bed property
Longchamp Drive, Ely, CB7 4QL
2 bed semi-detached house
Columbine Road, Ely, CB6
2 bed semi-detached house
Osier Close, Ely
2 bed terraced house
Spencer Croft, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2 bed terraced house
Cawdle Close, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
3 bed terraced house
Cawdle Close, Ely, Cambridgeshire
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Ely homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 40,780 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
3.17
≈ Band C–D
Stock
41k
40,780 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
78% of Ely premises can already get full-fibre and 85% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
78%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
85%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
450 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (East Cambridgeshire), July 2025, covering 40,797 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
48% of Ely 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
34k
33,749 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under East Cambridgeshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
7 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Ely centroid. The five closest:
Highfield Ely Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter · CB6 1BD
Lantern Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · CB6 2WL
Isle of Ely Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · CB6 2FG
Ely St John's Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · CB6 3BW
Spring Meadow Infant School
Primary · Community school · CB7 4RB
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Ely 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), Ely has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 38 of 38 postcode districts analysed, the median was 182 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Ely is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Ely’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: Shoplifting (55) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (10) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (1) · pop. ~2,500
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (14) · pop. ~3,500
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ely is £1,250 a month, from 80 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Ely is £860 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Ely is £1,200 a month, 4% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Ely is £1,400 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Ely is £2,350 a month, 88% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 13 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 80 rental properties available in Ely, with 10 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Ely has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 182 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 Ely is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Ely compares with the other 20 places we track in East of England — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East of England, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ely, updated 28 October 2026.
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