Renting in Huddersfield

Average Rent in Huddersfield: £750/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,986 live Huddersfield 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

£750 /month

2,986 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Huddersfield by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£599/mo	125
1 bed	£600/mo	1,050
2 bed	£775/mo	984
3 bed	£1,000/mo	532
4+ bed	£1,500/mo	295

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 Huddersfield

What it costs to rent in Huddersfield

Huddersfield currently has 2,986 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £750 a month. 92 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 51% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is BD9 at around £575/mo, while WF14 sits nearer £1,150/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 Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,986 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Huddersfield

£599/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Huddersfield is £599 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 125 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Huddersfield

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Huddersfield is £600 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 1,050 listings currently on the market.

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

£775/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Huddersfield is £775 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 984 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Huddersfield

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Huddersfield is £1,000 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 532 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Huddersfield

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Huddersfield is £1,500 a month, 100% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 295 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 Kirklees rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Kirklees, the ONS area that covers Huddersfield. Latest: £780/mo (Jul 26, +12.6% YoY).

Latest

£780

Jul 26

Annual

+12.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£568

Aug 21

Total change

+37%

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 Huddersfield

Flats & apartments

1073

48% of listings

Houses

1118

50% of listings

Bungalows

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 62% of the 1,170 houses currently advertised in Huddersfield.

Terraced
62%723
Other house
14%160
Semi-detached
11%134
Detached
9%101
Bungalow
4%52

Rent by postcode

Where Huddersfield rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,382 live listings in 34 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Huddersfield

1WF14£1,150/mo5 rentals
2WF2£1,075/mo8 rentals
3HD8£998/mo34 rentals

Cheapest in Huddersfield

1BD9£575/mo3 rentals
2HD1£650/mo826 rentals
3BD1£650/mo11 rentals

Features · Huddersfield

Garden, parking, and floor area in Huddersfield

Live signal across 2,986 Huddersfield rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

76%

of 478 Huddersfield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

84%

of 599 Huddersfield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Huddersfield this week

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

92 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Huddersfield

Most Huddersfield homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 192,510 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.29

≈ Band B–C

Stock

193k

192,510 properties

A
45%85,950
B
18%35,180
C
17%33,020
D
9%17,690
E
7%12,550
F
3%5,670
G
1%2,290
H
0%160

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 Huddersfield

92% of Huddersfield premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

92%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

95%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

483 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
92%
Gigabit-capable
95%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Kirklees), July 2025, covering 189,602 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Huddersfield homes

38% of Huddersfield 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

152k

151,884 EPCs

A
0%666
B
8%12,017
C
29%44,688
D
43%65,559
E
15%23,002
F
3%4,408
G
1%1,544

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Huddersfield

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

1
Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · HD1 4BJ
0.38 mi
2
Brambles Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · HD1 5BU
0.59 mi
3
Woodley School and College
Not applicable · Community special school · HD5 8JE
0.64 mi
4
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Primary · Community school · HD1 3QP
0.76 mi
5
Moldgreen Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · HD5 8AE
0.78 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Huddersfield

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Huddersfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 82 of 82 postcode districts analysed, the median was 232 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Huddersfield is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

232 crimes per area (median)
82 of 82 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Huddersfield’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 Huddersfield

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.

Almondbury has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Huddersfield.

Almondbury
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (101) · pop. ~18,000
13
per 1k
Marsh
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (200) · pop. ~8,000
66
per 1k
Lindley
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~8,000
21
per 1k
Dalton
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (164) · pop. ~10,000
44
per 1k
Lockwood
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (199) · pop. ~8,000
64
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

Huddersfield listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Huddersfield.

Rightmove

1339

OnTheMarket

620

OpenRent

506

PrimeLocation

460

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Huddersfield — your questions answered

How much is rent in Huddersfield?

The average (median) asking rent in Huddersfield is £750 a month — a 1-bed is £600 and a 2-bed £775, based on 2,986 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Huddersfield?

The median asking rent for a studio in Huddersfield is £599 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 125 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Huddersfield is £600 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 1,050 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Huddersfield is £775 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 984 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Huddersfield is £1,000 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 532 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Huddersfield is £1,500 a month, 100% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 295 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in Huddersfield?

There are currently 2,986 rental properties available in Huddersfield, with 92 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Huddersfield safe for renters?

Huddersfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 232 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 Huddersfield?

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

Across Yorkshire and the Humber

Average rent across Yorkshire and the Humber

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