Renting in Newport

Average Rent in Newport: £950/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,311 live Newport 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

£950 /month

2,311 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Newport by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£675/mo70
1 bed£750/mo620
2 bed£950/mo592
3 bed£1,200/mo540
4+ bed£1,500/mo145
Room (house share)£550/mo344

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

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Renting in Newport

What it costs to rent in Newport

Newport currently has 2,311 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £950 a month. 82 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 48% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is NP20 at around £850/mo, while BN18 sits nearer £1,600/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.

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Rent by property size

Average rent in Newport by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,311 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Newport

£675/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Newport is £675 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 70 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Newport

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Newport is £750 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 620 listings currently on the market.

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

£950/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Newport is £950 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £950, based on 592 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Newport

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Newport is £1,200 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 540 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Newport

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Newport is £1,500 a month, 58% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 145 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Newport

£550/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Newport house share is £550 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 344 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 Newport rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Newport. Latest: £956/mo (Jul 26, +2.6% YoY).

Latest

£956

Jul 26

Annual

+2.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£648

Aug 21

Total change

+48%

since 2021

£650£800£950Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Newport pay goes on rent?

Renters in Newport spend an estimated 36% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£956/mo

£11,472/yr

Median pay

£31,495/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

36%

Affordable for most renters.

0%30% threshold80%

Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.

Property types

What’s on offer in Newport

Flats & apartments

901

43% of listings

Houses

840

40% of listings

Rooms

344

16% of listings

Bungalows

25

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 41% of the 866 houses currently advertised in Newport.

  • Terraced
    41%358
  • Other house
    35%304
  • Semi-detached
    14%125
  • Detached
    6%54
  • Bungalow
    3%25

Rent by postcode

Where Newport rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,298 live listings in 10 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Newport

  1. 1BN18£1,600/mo3 rentals
  2. 2BN3£1,363/mo6 rentals
  3. 3BN1£1,350/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Newport

  1. 1NP20£850/mo455 rentals
  2. 2BN14£925/mo3 rentals
  3. 3NP19£950/mo389 rentals

Features · Newport

Garden, parking, and floor area in Newport

Live signal across 2,311 Newport rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

77%

of 369 Newport listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

75%

of 428 Newport listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Newport this week

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

82 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 1 bed house for rent in Hedge End, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4
    £850/moLeaders

    1 bed house

    Hedge End, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4

    11View listing
  2. 2 bed house for rent in Burghley Court, Great Holm, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8
    £1,300/moLeaders

    2 bed house

    Burghley Court, Great Holm, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8

    21View listing
  3. 3 bed house for rent in Newport
    £1,100/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    32View listing
  4. 3 bed room for rent in Newport
    £650/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    32View listing
  5. 1 bed room for rent in Newport
    £525/moOpenRent

    1 bed room

    12View listing
  6. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Newport
    £830/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  7. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Newport
    £845/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  8. 4 bed house for rent in Newport
    £6,500/moOpenRent

    4 bed house

    42View listing
  9. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Newport
    £665/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  10. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Newport
    £495/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  11. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Newport
    £950/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  12. £875/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    22View listing
  13. £1,350/moOpenRent

    4 bed flat/apartment

    41View listing
  14. £1,300/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  15. £600/moOpenRent

    1 bed room

    11View listing
  16. £975/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    22View listing
  17. £800/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  18. £965/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  19. £1,400/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    32View listing
  20. £550/moOpenRent

    2 bed room

    21View listing
  21. £1,100/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  22. £500/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    52View listing
  23. £1,795/moOpenRent

    4 bed house

    42View listing
  24. 1 bed property for rent in Risca Road, Newport, NP20
    £495/moOnTheMarket

    1 bed property

    Risca Road, Newport, NP20

    12View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Newport

Most Newport homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 71,240 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

C

most common band

Mean band

3.47

≈ Band C–D

Stock

71k

71,240 properties

  • A
    10%6,890
  • B
    21%15,250
  • C
    26%18,370
  • D
    18%12,840
  • E
    12%8,440
  • F
    8%5,990
  • G
    4%2,700
  • H
    1%560
  • I
    0%190

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 Newport

87% of Newport premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

87%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

481 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    87%
  • Gigabit-capable
    94%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Newport), July 2025, covering 70,689 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Newport homes

51% of Newport 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

51%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

49%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

56k

56,495 EPCs

  • A
    1%555
  • B
    15%8,613
  • C
    35%19,866
  • D
    35%20,047
  • E
    11%6,071
  • F
    2%1,012
  • G
    1%331

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

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Newport

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.

Rogerstone has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Newport.

  • Maindee

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (270) · pop. ~9,000

    93
    per 1k

  • Rogerstone

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (24) · pop. ~11,000

    7.4
    per 1k

  • Caerleon

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~9,000

    14
    per 1k

  • Bettws

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (78) · pop. ~10,000

    19
    per 1k

  • Ringland

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (107) · pop. ~6,000

    54
    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

Newport listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Newport.

Rightmove
779
OnTheMarket
527
SpareRoom
344
Leaders
344
OpenRent
317

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Frequently asked

Renting in Newport — your questions answered

How much is rent in Newport?

The average (median) asking rent in Newport is £950 a month — a 1-bed is £750 and a 2-bed £950, based on 2,311 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Newport?

The median asking rent for a studio in Newport is £675 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 70 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Newport is £750 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 620 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Newport is £950 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £950, based on 592 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Newport is £1,200 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 540 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Newport is £1,500 a month, 58% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 145 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Newport?

The median asking rent for a room in a Newport house share is £550 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 344 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Newport?

There are currently 2,311 rental properties available in Newport, with 82 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Across Wales

Average rent across Wales

How Newport compares with the other 6 places we track in Wales — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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