Renting in Ely

Average Rent in Ely: £1,300/mo

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Median asking rent across 280 live Ely listings on 3 portals from £495/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

280 live listings · 3 portals

Median monthly rent in Ely by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
1 bed	£900/mo	39
2 bed	£1,200/mo	121
3 bed	£1,400/mo	77
4+ bed	£2,225/mo	42

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Ely

What it costs to rent in Ely

Ely currently has 280 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,300 a month. 7 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 72% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is CF5 at around £1,225/mo, while CB6 sits nearer £1,400/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 Ely 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 Ely by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 280 live listings across 3 property sites (September 2026).

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Ely

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Ely is £900 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 39 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Ely is £1,200 a month, 8% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 121 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Ely

£1,400/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Ely is £1,400 a month, 8% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 77 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Ely

£2,225/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Ely is £2,225 a month, 71% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 42 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 East Cambridgeshire rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in East Cambridgeshire, the ONS area that covers Ely. Latest: £1,035/mo (Jul 26, +0.6% YoY).

Latest

£1,035

Jul 26

Annual

+0.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£832

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Ely

Flats & apartments

28% of listings

Houses

181

72% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 51% of the 183 houses currently advertised in Ely.

Terraced
51%94
Semi-detached
19%34
Detached
17%31
Other house
12%22
Bungalow
1%2

Rent by postcode

Where Ely rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 213 live listings in 3 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Ely

1CB6£1,400/mo80 rentals
2CB7£1,350/mo103 rentals
3CF5£1,225/mo30 rentals

Cheapest in Ely

1CF5£1,225/mo30 rentals
2CB7£1,350/mo103 rentals
3CB6£1,400/mo80 rentals

Features · Ely

Garden, parking, and floor area in Ely

Live signal across 280 Ely rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

80%

of 85 Ely listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

88%

of 88 Ely listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£2.05 /sqft

Median 801 sqft across 63 Ely listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Ely this week

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

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Ely

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

most common band

Mean band

3.17

≈ Band C–D

Stock

41k

40,780 properties

A
12%4,960
B
28%11,570
C
21%8,420
D
18%7,490
E
12%5,030
F
6%2,410
G
2%810
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 Ely

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
78%
Gigabit-capable
85%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
98%

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

EPC ratings for Ely homes

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

A
2%641
B
16%5,511
C
30%10,212
D
32%10,866
E
14%4,863
F
4%1,346
G
1%310

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

State-funded schools near Ely

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

1
Highfield Ely Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter · CB6 1BD
0.35 mi
2
Lantern Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · CB6 2WL
0.63 mi
3
Isle of Ely Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · CB6 2FG
0.76 mi
4
Ely St John's Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · CB6 3BW
0.78 mi
5
Spring Meadow Infant School
Primary · Community school · CB7 4RB
0.86 mi

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

Safety in Ely

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Ely has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 38 of 38 postcode districts analysed, the median was 171 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Ely is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

171 crimes per area (median)
38 of 38 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Ely

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.

Stretham has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Ely.

Littleport
Higher crime
Most common: Shoplifting (38) · pop. ~9,000
10
per 1k
Soham
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (20) · pop. ~11,000
4.4
per 1k
Witchford
Typical for city
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (5) · pop. ~3,000
5.0
per 1k
Stretham
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (4) · pop. ~2,500
3.2
per 1k
Haddenham
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (6) · pop. ~3,500
4.0
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

Ely listings by portal

We watch 3 property sites for rentals in Ely.

Rightmove

139

OpenRent

104

OnTheMarket

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Frequently asked

Renting in Ely — your questions answered

How much is rent in Ely?

The average (median) asking rent in Ely is £1,300 a month — a 1-bed is £900 and a 2-bed £1,200, based on 280 live listings across 3 property portals in Sept 2026.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Ely is £900 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 39 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Ely is £1,200 a month, 8% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 121 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Ely is £1,400 a month, 8% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 77 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Ely is £2,225 a month, 71% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 42 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in Ely?

There are currently 280 rental properties available in Ely, with 7 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Ely safe for renters?

Ely has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 171 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 Ely?

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

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