Renting in Sunderland

Average Rent in Sunderland: £700/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,180 live Sunderland 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

£700 /month

2,180 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Sunderland by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£648/mo	199
1 bed	£595/mo	590
2 bed	£700/mo	738
3 bed	£850/mo	380
4+ bed	£1,250/mo	157
Room (house share)	£495/mo	116

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Sunderland

What it costs to rent in Sunderland

Sunderland currently has 2,180 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £700 a month. 54 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 44% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SR2 at around £675/mo, while SR6 sits nearer £780/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.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Sunderland around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Sunderland by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,180 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Sunderland

£648/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Sunderland is £648 a month, 7% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 199 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Sunderland

£595/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Sunderland is £595 a month, 15% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 590 listings currently on the market.

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

£700/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Sunderland is £700 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £700, based on 738 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Sunderland

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Sunderland is £850 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £700, based on 380 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Sunderland

£1,250/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Sunderland is £1,250 a month, 79% above the city-wide median of £700, based on 157 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Sunderland

£495/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Sunderland house share is £495 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 116 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 Sunderland rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Sunderland. Latest: £704/mo (Jul 26, +4.6% YoY).

Latest

£704

Jul 26

Annual

+4.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£549

Aug 21

Total change

+28%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Sunderland pay goes on rent?

Renters in Sunderland spend an estimated 30% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£704/mo

£8,448/yr

Median pay

£27,989/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

30%

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 Sunderland

Flats & apartments

961

51% of listings

Houses

762

40% of listings

Rooms

116

6% of listings

Bungalows

3% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 36% of the 816 houses currently advertised in Sunderland.

Terraced
36%295
Other house
31%251
Semi-detached
22%183
Bungalow
7%54
Detached
4%33

Rent by postcode

Where Sunderland rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,584 live listings in 6 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Sunderland

1SR6£780/mo111 rentals
2SR3£750/mo85 rentals
3SR5£725/mo201 rentals

Cheapest in Sunderland

1SR2£675/mo486 rentals
2SR4£700/mo240 rentals
3SR1£700/mo442 rentals

Features · Sunderland

Garden, parking, and floor area in Sunderland

Live signal across 2,180 Sunderland rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

75%

of 381 Sunderland listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

83%

of 457 Sunderland listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Sunderland this week

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

54 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Sunderland

Most Sunderland homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 134,100 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

1.83

≈ Band A–B

Stock

134k

134,100 properties

A
60%80,280
B
15%19,970
C
14%18,240
D
7%9,950
E
3%3,690
F
1%1,220
G
1%690
H
0%60

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 Sunderland

72% of Sunderland premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

72%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

95%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

482 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
72%
Gigabit-capable
95%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Sunderland), July 2025, covering 134,006 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Sunderland homes

48% of Sunderland 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

144k

144,455 EPCs

A
1%1,038
B
10%14,147
C
37%53,999
D
40%58,346
E
10%14,532
F
1%1,950
G
0%443

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Sunderland

11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Sunderland centroid. The five closest:

1
Hudson Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · SR1 2AH
0.45 mi
2
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · SR2 7JN
0.57 mi
3
Beacon of Light School
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · SR5 1SN
0.63 mi
4
Dame Dorothy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SR6 0EA
0.70 mi
5
Thornhill Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · SR2 7NA
0.78 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Sunderland centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Sunderland

Lower Crime AreaEstimated — limited data

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Sunderland has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 8 of 8 postcode districts analysed, the median was 39 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Sunderland is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

39 crimes per area (median)
8 of 8 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Sunderland 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

Safety by suburb in Sunderland

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.

Fulwell has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Sunderland.

Ashbrooke
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (157) · pop. ~11,000
48
per 1k
Roker
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~9,000
30
per 1k
Fulwell
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (83) · pop. ~13,000
20
per 1k
Hendon
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (139) · pop. ~12,000
40
per 1k
Southwick
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (111) · pop. ~15,000
23
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

Sunderland listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Sunderland.

Rightmove

1369

OpenRent

431

OnTheMarket

258

SpareRoom

116

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Sunderland — your questions answered

How much is rent in Sunderland?

The average (median) asking rent in Sunderland is £700 a month — a 1-bed is £595 and a 2-bed £700, based on 2,180 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Sunderland?

The median asking rent for a studio in Sunderland is £648 a month, 7% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 199 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Sunderland is £595 a month, 15% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 590 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Sunderland is £700 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £700, based on 738 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Sunderland is £850 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £700, based on 380 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Sunderland is £1,250 a month, 79% above the city-wide median of £700, based on 157 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Sunderland?

The median asking rent for a room in a Sunderland house share is £495 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £700, based on 116 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Sunderland?

There are currently 2,180 rental properties available in Sunderland, with 54 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Sunderland safe for renters?

Sunderland has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 39 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Sunderland?

The most commonly reported crime category in Sunderland is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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