Renting in Huddersfield
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,069 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Huddersfield is £750 a month, from 1,069 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 371 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £750/moasking · 346 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 193 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,650/moasking · 78 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 Huddersfield by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/huddersfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Huddersfield
Huddersfield currently has 1,069 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Huddersfield is £750 a month, from 1,069 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 152 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% 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 £650 a month in HD1 (342 live listings) to £1,200 in HD8 (11 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Huddersfield (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 Huddersfield, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Huddersfield is £600 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 371 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Huddersfield is £750 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 346 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Huddersfield is £950 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 193 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Huddersfield is £1,650 a month, 120% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on five 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 Kirklees is £784 a month, up 12.5% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Kirklees is the ONS area that covers Huddersfield. 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
+12.5%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Property types
46% of listings
52% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 60% of the 462 houses currently advertised in Huddersfield.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 910 live listings in 7 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 Huddersfield, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/huddersfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Huddersfield
Live signal across 1,069 Huddersfield 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 210 Huddersfield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
84%
of 251 Huddersfield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
152 homes came onto the Huddersfield rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Flat 9, 52 Bankfield Road, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
Belton Street, Huddersfield HD5
1 bed property
65 Newsome Road, Huddersfield HD4
1 bed property
9-15 Cloth Hall Street, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
52 Bankfield Road, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
36-42 Westgate, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
Flats 6-10, Weavers Loft, 14-22 Firth Street, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
Flats 11-16, Weavers Loft, 14-22 Firth Street, Huddersfield HD1
1 bed property
Windsor Chambers, 26-30 John William Street, Huddersfield HD1
2 bed property
1 Damside, Huddersfield HD4
2 bed property
36-42 Westgate, Huddersfield HD1
2 bed property
3 Damside Road, Huddersfield HD4
2 bed property
Kaffir Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD2
3 bed property
Stile Common Road, Huddersfield HD4
2 bed property
61 Newsome Road, Huddersfield HD4
2 bed property
13-17 Chancery Lane, Huddersfield HD1
3 bed property
27 Wentworth Street, Huddersfield HD1
3 bed property
66 Newsome Road, Huddersfield HD4
4 bed property
24 Victoria Street, Huddersfield HD5
3 bed property
22 Victoria Street, Huddersfield HD5
3 bed property
61 Newsome Road, Huddersfield HD4
2 bed property
Rowley Lane, Huddersfield HD8
3 bed property
57 Cross Lane, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4
3 bed property
57 Cross Lane, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Huddersfield. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
A
most common band
Mean band
2.29
≈ Band B–C
Stock
193k
192,510 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
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
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
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
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
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Huddersfield centroid. The five closest:
Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · HD1 4BJ
Brambles Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · HD1 5BU
Woodley School and College
Not applicable · Community special school · HD5 8JE
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Primary · Community school · HD1 3QP
Moldgreen Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · HD5 8AE
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Huddersfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 82 of 82 postcode districts analysed, the median was 237 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Huddersfield is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
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: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~18,000
Most common: Violent crime (155) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (63) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (119) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (177) · pop. ~8,000
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 Huddersfield is £750 a month, from 1,069 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Huddersfield is £600 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 371 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Huddersfield is £750 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 346 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Huddersfield is £950 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 193 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Huddersfield is £1,650 a month, 120% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,069 rental properties available in Huddersfield, with 152 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Huddersfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 237 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 Huddersfield is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Huddersfield compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/huddersfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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