Renting in Hackney

Average Rent in Hackney: £2,800/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,400 live Hackney listings on 4 portals from £475/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

£2,800 /month

2,400 live listings · 4 portals

Median monthly rent in Hackney by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£1,555/mo	136
1 bed	£2,250/mo	777
2 bed	£3,045/mo	760
3 bed	£3,825/mo	273
4+ bed	£4,725/mo	142
Room (house share)	£1,100/mo	312

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 15 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Hackney

What it costs to rent in Hackney

Hackney currently has 2,400 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £2,800 a month. 270 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 7% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is N15 at around £1,100/mo, while EC1V sits nearer £3,983/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 Hackney 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 Hackney by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,400 live listings across 4 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Hackney

£1,555/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Hackney is £1,555 a month, 44% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 136 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Hackney

£2,250/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hackney is £2,250 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 777 listings currently on the market.

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

£3,045/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hackney is £3,045 a month, 9% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 760 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Hackney

£3,825/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hackney is £3,825 a month, 37% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 273 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Hackney

£4,725/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hackney is £4,725 a month, 69% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 142 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Hackney

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Hackney house share is £1,100 a month, 61% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 312 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 Hackney rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Hackney. Latest: £2,644/mo (Jul 26, +3.2% YoY).

Latest

£2,644

Jul 26

Annual

+3.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,903

Aug 21

Total change

+39%

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 Hackney

Flats & apartments

1853

80% of listings

Houses

137

6% of listings

Rooms

312

14% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 61% of the 139 houses currently advertised in Hackney.

Terraced
61%85
Other house
27%37
Semi-detached
6%8
Detached
5%7
Bungalow
1%2

Rent by postcode

Where Hackney rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,002 live listings in 15 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Hackney

1EC1V£3,983/mo82 rentals
2EC2M£3,965/mo12 rentals
3EC2A£3,600/mo191 rentals

Cheapest in Hackney

1N15£1,100/mo5 rentals
2E1£2,250/mo5 rentals
3E5£2,300/mo232 rentals

Features · Hackney

Garden, parking, and floor area in Hackney

Live signal across 2,400 Hackney rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

82%

of 502 Hackney listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

46%

of 224 Hackney listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£4.18 /sqft

Median 722 sqft across 792 Hackney listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Hackney this week

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

270 new this weekUpdated today

Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Hackney. Click through to the source portal to enquire.

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We watch 4 property sites for rentals in Hackney.

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1763

SpareRoom

312

OnTheMarket

191

OpenRent

134

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Frequently asked

Renting in Hackney — your questions answered

How much is rent in Hackney?

The average (median) asking rent in Hackney is £2,800 a month — a 1-bed is £2,250 and a 2-bed £3,045, based on 2,400 live listings across 4 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Hackney?

The median asking rent for a studio in Hackney is £1,555 a month, 44% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 136 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hackney is £2,250 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 777 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hackney is £3,045 a month, 9% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 760 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hackney is £3,825 a month, 37% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 273 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hackney is £4,725 a month, 69% above the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 142 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Hackney?

The median asking rent for a room in a Hackney house share is £1,100 a month, 61% below the city-wide median of £2,800, based on 312 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Hackney?

There are currently 2,400 rental properties available in Hackney, with 270 new listings added in the last 7 days.

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