Renting in Southampton
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,459 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southampton is £1,200 a month, from 1,459 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £910/moasking · 440 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,295/moasking · 479 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,573/moasking · 184 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,150/moasking · 225 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 88 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 Southampton by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southampton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Southampton
Southampton currently has 1,547 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,459 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southampton is £1,200 a month, from 1,459 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 392 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 29% 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 £1,050 a month in SO15 (302 live listings) to £1,400 in SO30 (9 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Southampton (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 Southampton, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southampton is £910 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 440 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southampton is £1,295 a month, 8% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 479 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southampton is £1,573 a month, 31% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 184 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southampton is £2,150 a month, 79% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 225 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southampton is £650 a month, from 88 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 Southampton is £1,261 a month, up 3.7% 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
+3.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+35%
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 Southampton spend an estimated 46% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£32,907/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
46%
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
66% of listings
27% of listings
6% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 35% of the 374 houses currently advertised in Southampton.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,307 live listings in 9 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 Southampton, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southampton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Southampton
Live signal across 1,547 Southampton rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
99%
of 158 Southampton listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
92%
of 339 Southampton listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
392 homes came onto the Southampton rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Dawson House, 14 College Place, Southampton, SO15
3 bed flat/apartment
Canute Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14
2 bed bungalow
Firtree Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19
3 bed house
Portsmouth Road, Southampton, SO19
1 bed flat/apartment
Southampton, SO14
1 bed flat/apartment
Station Road, Southampton, SO19
2 bed flat/apartment
The Studio, Ringwood Road, Woodlands, Southampton, SO40
1 bed flat/apartment
Lower Canal Walk, Southampton, SO14
1 bed flat/apartment
Regents Park Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15
1 bed flat/apartment
Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14
1 bed property
Hill Lane, Southampton SO15
5 bed property
Ref: R153427
1 bed property
The Polygon, The Polygon, Southampton SO15
2 bed property
The Roundhouse, 76 Bernard Street, Southampton SO14
2 bed property
Ref: R152693
2 bed property
Ref: R200209
2 bed property
Selborne Avenue, Southampton SO18
2 bed property
Canute Road, Southampton SO14
3 bed property
Ref: R153452
3 bed property
Hamtun Road, Southampton SO19
2 bed property
Hanover Buildings, Southampton SO14
6 bed property
Ref: R153419
1 bed property
75 Morris Road, Southampton SO15
2 bed property
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Southampton. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Southampton homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 111,050 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.22
≈ Band B–C
Stock
111k
111,050 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
94% of Southampton premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
94%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
487 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Southampton), July 2025, covering 109,499 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
46% of Southampton 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
46%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
54%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
101k
101,023 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Southampton. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Southampton centroid. The five closest:
The Polygon School
Not applicable · Foundation special school · SO15 2FH
St Anne's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · SO15 2WZ
Springhill Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SO15 2HW
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · SO14 1LU
Banister Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · SO15 2LS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Southampton 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), Southampton has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 37 of 37 postcode districts analysed, the median was 128 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Southampton is Violent crime, accounting for 51% of all incidents.
Southampton’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.
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 (142) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (192) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (145) · pop. ~25,000
Most common: Violent crime (175) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (108) · 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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southampton is £1,200 a month, from 1,459 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southampton is £910 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 440 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southampton is £1,295 a month, 8% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 479 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southampton is £1,573 a month, 31% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 184 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southampton is £2,150 a month, 79% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 225 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southampton is £650 a month, from 88 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,547 rental properties available in Southampton, with 392 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Southampton has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 128 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 Southampton is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Southampton compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southampton, updated 28 October 2026.
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