Renting in Stockport
Median asking rent · all sizes · 502 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Stockport before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stockport is £1,150 a month, from 502 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £900/moasking · 139 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,150/moasking · 178 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,450/moasking · 89 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,895/moasking · 83 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £695/moasking · 73 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 Stockport by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stockport, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Stockport
Stockport currently has 575 rental listings on the property sites we track, 502 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stockport is £1,150 a month, from 502 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 72 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 59% 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 £875 a month in SK8 (12 live listings) to £2,000 in M20 (6 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Stockport (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 Stockport, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stockport is £900 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 139 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stockport is £1,150 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 178 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stockport is £1,450 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stockport is £1,895 a month, 65% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stockport is £695 a month, from 73 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 Stockport is £1,125 a month, up 5.4% 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
+5.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+45%
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 Stockport spend an estimated 40% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,565/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
40%
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
35% of listings
50% of listings
15% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 55% of the 244 houses currently advertised in Stockport.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 385 live listings in 12 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 Stockport, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stockport, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Stockport
Live signal across 575 Stockport rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
79%
of 246 Stockport listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
79%
of 254 Stockport listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
72 homes came onto the Stockport rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Meadow Mill, Water Street, Stockport SK1
2 bed property
Elisabeth Mill, Reddish SK5
3 bed property
Buxton Road, Stockport SK2
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Mentone Road, SK4
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Mac Court, SK1
8 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Greek St, SK3
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Gradwell St, SK3
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, St. Matthews Road, SK3
10 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Castle St, SK3
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Rae Street, SK3
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Offerton Lane, SK2
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Buxton Road, SK2
1 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Keswick Road, SK4
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Gainsborough Walk, M34
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Cotton Lane, M20
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Green Drive, M19
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Brinkburn Road, SK7
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Lapwing Lane, SK5
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Musden Walk, SK4
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Fabrick, SK8
2 bed terraced house
Sydney Street, Offerton
2 bed flat/apartment
Brinkburn Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7
3 bed terraced house
Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2
1 bed flat/apartment
Meadow Mill, Water Street, Stockport, SK1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Stockport. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Stockport homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 132,950 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.92
≈ Band B–C
Stock
133k
132,950 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
85% of Stockport premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
85%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
484 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Stockport), July 2025, covering 132,765 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
38% of Stockport 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
38%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
62%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
101k
100,898 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Stockport. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
15 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Stockport centroid. The five closest:
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · SK1 1EF
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · SK1 3PJ
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · SK3 9EA
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SK3 9HX
Hollywood Park Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · SK3 0BJ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Stockport centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stockport is £1,150 a month, from 502 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stockport is £900 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 139 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stockport is £1,150 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 178 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stockport is £1,450 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stockport is £1,895 a month, 65% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stockport is £695 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 575 rental properties available in Stockport, with 72 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across North West
How Stockport compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stockport, updated 28 October 2026.
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