Renting in Southend-on-Sea
Median asking rent · all sizes · 559 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southend-on-Sea is £1,185 a month, from 559 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £900/moasking · 273 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,325/moasking · 175 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,750/moasking · 53 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,000/moasking · 36 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £690/moasking · 54 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 Southend-on-Sea by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southend-on-sea, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea currently has 613 rental listings on the property sites we track, 559 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Southend-on-Sea is £1,185 a month, from 559 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 139 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 22% 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 £985 a month in SS99 (48 live listings) to £1,425 in SS9 (24 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Southend-on-Sea (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 Southend-on-Sea, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £900 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 273 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £1,325 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 175 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £1,750 a month, 48% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 53 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southend-on-Sea is £2,000 a month, 69% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southend-on-Sea is £690 a month, from 54 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 Southend-on-Sea is £1,316 a month, up 5.1% 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
+5.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+29%
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 Southend-on-Sea spend an estimated 47% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,594/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
47%
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
67% of listings
19% of listings
12% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 39% of the 94 houses currently advertised in Southend-on-Sea.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 372 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 Southend-on-Sea, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southend-on-sea, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Southend-on-Sea
Live signal across 613 Southend-on-Sea 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 63 Southend-on-Sea listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
98%
of 57 Southend-on-Sea listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
139 homes came onto the Southend-on-Sea rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
8, Victoria Mews 275A, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2
2 bed property
9, Victoria Mews 275A, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2
1 bed flat/apartment
Genesta Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0
1 bed flat/apartment
Flat 187, 27, Victoria Avenue, SS2
1 bed property
Southend-on-Sea, SS1
1 bed flat/apartment
Genesta Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0
1 bed room
Honiton Road, Southend-On-Sea
1 bed flat/apartment
Victor Drive, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9
2 bed semi-detached house
Shillingstone, Southend On Sea, SS3
2 bed flat/apartment
Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-On-Sea, SS0
1 bed flat/apartment
Beedell Avenue, Westcliff-On-Sea
4 bed semi-detached house
Woodside, Leigh-On-Sea
1 bed flat/apartment
Preston Road, Westcliff-on-sea, SS0
1 bed room
Honiton Road, Southend-On-Sea
1 bed room
Honiton Road, Southend-On-Sea
1 bed room
Honiton Road, Southend-On-Sea
1 bed room
Honiton Road, Southend-On-Sea
2 bed flat/apartment
Honiton Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1
2 bed flat/apartment
London Road , Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
2 bed flat/apartment
Britannia Road, Westcliff-On-Sea, SS0
2 bed flat/apartment
Leigh-on-Sea SS9
2 bed flat/apartment
Hillborough Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0
2 bed flat/apartment
Clifton Terrace, Southend On Sea
1 bed house
Southend-on-Sea, SS1
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Southend-on-Sea homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 83,170 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
2.93
≈ Band B–C
Stock
83k
83,170 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
98% of Southend-on-Sea premises can already get full-fibre and 98% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
98%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
98%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
495 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Southend-on-Sea), July 2025, covering 82,740 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
33% of Southend-on-Sea 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
33%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
67%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
67k
66,982 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea centroid. The five closest:
St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SS2 6JH
St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SS0 7AY
Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · SS1 2NS
Barons Court Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · SS0 7PJ
Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Foundation school · SS0 7AU
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Southend-on-Sea 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), Southend-on-Sea has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 36 of 36 postcode districts analysed, the median was 207 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Southend-on-Sea is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Southend-on-Sea’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 (379) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (44) · pop. ~22,000
Most common: Violent crime (59) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (202) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (185) · pop. ~10,000
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 Southend-on-Sea is £1,185 a month, from 559 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £900 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 273 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £1,325 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 175 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Southend-on-Sea is £1,750 a month, 48% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 53 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Southend-on-Sea is £2,000 a month, 69% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Southend-on-Sea is £690 a month, from 54 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 613 rental properties available in Southend-on-Sea, with 139 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Southend-on-Sea has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 207 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 Southend-on-Sea is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Southend-on-Sea compares with the other 20 places we track in East of England — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East of England, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/southend-on-sea, updated 28 October 2026.
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