Renting in Margate
Median asking rent · all sizes · 265 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Margate before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Margate is £1,000 a month, from 265 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £875/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,000/moasking · 128 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,400/moasking · 53 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 Margate by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/margate, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Margate
Margate currently has 265 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Margate is £1,000 a month, from 265 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 70 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 19% 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 £975 a month in CT9 (169 live listings) to £1,350 in CT10 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Margate (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 Margate, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Margate is £875 a month, 12% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Margate is £1,000 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Margate is £1,400 a month, 40% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 53 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 Thanet is £1,125 a month, up 4.0% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Thanet is the ONS area that covers Margate. 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
+4.0%
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
79% of listings
18% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 42% of the 50 houses currently advertised in Margate.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 175 live listings in 2 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 Margate, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/margate, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Margate
Live signal across 265 Margate rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
58%
of 97 Margate listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
55%
of 89 Margate listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.50/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 36 live listings · October 2026Median 710 sqft across the 36 Margate listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
70 homes came onto the Margate rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Westbrook Gardens, Margate, Kent, CT9
3 bed terraced house
Leaf Living at Westwood Point, Thanet, Kent, CT9
1 bed flat/apartment
Athelstan Road, Margate, CT9
2 bed flat/apartment
Westbrook Gardens, Margate, CT9 5DJ
3 bed bungalow
St. Dunstans Road, Margate, CT9
1 bed flat/apartment
High Street, Margate, CT9 1JZ
2 bed flat/apartment
Second Avenue, Cliftonville
3 bed house
Clifton Street, Margate, CT9 1SP
3 bed flat/apartment
Eaton Road, Margate
1 bed flat/apartment
Dalby Square, Cliftonville, Margate
2 bed flat/apartment
Zion Place, Margate, Kent, CT9
2 bed flat/apartment
Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9
1 bed flat/apartment
Harold Road, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9
3 bed detached house
Leaf Living at Westwood Point, Thanet, Kent, CT9
1 bed flat/apartment
Lausanne Terrace, St. Johns Road, Margate, Kent, CT9
3 bed property
St. James Park Road, Margate
3 bed terraced house
Caroline Square, Margate, CT9
3 bed semi-detached house
High Street, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, CT9
1 bed flat/apartment
Northdown Avenue, Cliftonville, Kent, CT9
Studio flat/apartment
Harbour Way, Margate, CT9
3 bed flat/apartment
All Saints Avenue, Margate, CT9
3 bed flat/apartment
Ramsgate Road, Margate, CT9
2 bed cottage
Poorhole Lane Broadstairs CT10
1 bed flat/apartment
Trinity Court, Margate, CT9
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Margate. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Margate homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 69,420 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
2.60
≈ Band B–C
Stock
69k
69,420 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
81% of Margate premises can already get full-fibre and 81% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
81%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
81%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
433 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Thanet), July 2025, covering 70,806 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Margate 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
67k
66,711 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Thanet. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
6 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Margate centroid. The five closest:
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT9 1LU
Salmestone Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · CT9 4DB
Hartsdown Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · CT9 5RE
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate
Primary · Academy converter · CT9 4BU
Drapers Mills Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · CT9 2SP
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Margate 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), Margate has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 14 of 14 postcode districts analysed, the median was 160 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Margate is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Margate’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 (207) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (10) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (63) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~3,000
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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Margate is £1,000 a month, from 265 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Margate is £875 a month, 12% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Margate is £1,000 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Margate is £1,400 a month, 40% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 53 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 265 rental properties available in Margate, with 70 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Margate has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 160 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 Margate is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Margate compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/margate, updated 28 October 2026.
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