Renting in Plymouth
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,475 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Plymouth before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Plymouth is £900 a month, from 1,475 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £768/moasking · 229 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,000/moasking · 200 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,250/moasking · 209 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,405/moasking · 729 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £571/moasking · 74 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 Plymouth by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/plymouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Plymouth
Plymouth currently has 1,549 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,475 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Plymouth is £900 a month, from 1,475 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 336 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 52% 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 £825 a month in PL4 (409 live listings) to £1,350 in PL6 (18 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Plymouth (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 Plymouth, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Plymouth is £768 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 229 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Plymouth is £1,000 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 200 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Plymouth is £1,250 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 209 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Plymouth is £2,405 a month, 167% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 729 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Plymouth is £571 a month, from 74 live listings (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 Plymouth is £1,008 a month, up 4.4% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). 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
+4.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Plymouth spend an estimated 42% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£28,992/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
42%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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. How we measure this
Property types
45% of listings
49% of listings
7% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 51% of the 543 houses currently advertised in Plymouth.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 715 live listings in 8 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 Plymouth, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/plymouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Plymouth
Live signal across 1,549 Plymouth rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
100%
of 89 Plymouth listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
97%
of 171 Plymouth listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
336 homes came onto the Plymouth rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
7 bed property
Tothill Road, Plymouth PL4
4 bed property
Ashford Road, Plymouth PL4
3 bed property
Ebrington Street, Flat 2, Plymouth PL4
1 bed property
Horn Cross Road, Plymstock, Plymouth PL9
Studio property
Armada House, New Classic Studio, Plymouth PL1
2 bed property
Durban Road, Plymouth PL3
3 bed property
84 Severn Place, Plymouth PL3
3 bed property
Ashwood Park Road, Plympton, Plymouth PL7
3 bed property
Southside Street, The Barbican PL1
Studio flat/apartment
12 Whitefield Tce, Flat 1
13 bed terraced house
Student Property - Queen Anne Terrace, Plymouth PL4
1 bed flat/apartment
79 Embankment Road, Flat 6
2 bed house
1C Duncan Street
10 bed room
64 Salisbury Road
5 bed room
74 Lisson Grove
5 bed room
27 Furzehill Road
4 bed room
14 Napier Terrace - Maisonette
8 bed room
49 Alexandra Road
4 bed room
35 Seymour Avenue
5 bed room
88 Alexandra Road
6 bed room
4 Waterloo Street
10 bed room
28 Lisson Grove
5 bed room
11 Restormel Terrace
2 bed flat/apartment
Kingsley Road, Plymouth PL4
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Plymouth. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Plymouth homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 123,050 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.19
≈ Band B–C
Stock
123k
123,050 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
77% of Plymouth premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
77%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
480 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Plymouth), July 2025, covering 122,394 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
48% of Plymouth 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
48%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
52%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
110k
110,140 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Plymouth. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
14 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Plymouth centroid. The five closest:
ACE Schools Plymouth
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · PL4 0AT
Pilgrim Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PL1 5BQ
St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · PL1 3AY
The Cathedral School of St Mary
Primary · Academy converter · PL1 5HW
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · PL4 9BE
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Plymouth 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), Plymouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 20 of 20 postcode districts analysed, the median was 49 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Plymouth is Violent crime, accounting for 142% of all incidents.
Plymouth ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
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 (371) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (28) · pop. ~26,000
Most common: Violent crime (419) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (189) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (37) · pop. ~31,000
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 Plymouth is £900 a month, from 1,475 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Plymouth is £768 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 229 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Plymouth is £1,000 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 200 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Plymouth is £1,250 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 209 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Plymouth is £2,405 a month, 167% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 729 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Plymouth is £571 a month, from 74 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,549 rental properties available in Plymouth, with 336 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Plymouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 49 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Plymouth is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Plymouth compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/plymouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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