Renting in Sunderland
Median asking rent · all sizes · 741 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sunderland is £700 a month, from 741 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £595/moasking · 218 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £725/moasking · 215 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £850/moasking · 123 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,100/moasking · 50 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £488/moasking · 60 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 Sunderland by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sunderland, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Sunderland
Sunderland currently has 801 rental listings on the property sites we track, 741 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sunderland is £700 a month, from 741 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 126 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 39% 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 £650 a month in SR2 (143 live listings) to £750 in SR4 (74 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Sunderland (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 Sunderland, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sunderland is £595 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 218 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sunderland is £725 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 215 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sunderland is £850 a month, 21% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 123 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sunderland is £1,100 a month, 57% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 50 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sunderland is £488 a month, from 60 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 Sunderland is £710 a month, up 4.1% 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
+4.1%
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 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 pay
£27,989/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
30%
Affordable for most renters.
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
54% of listings
35% of listings
8% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 39% of the 268 houses currently advertised in Sunderland.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 626 live listings in 6 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 Sunderland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sunderland, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Sunderland
Live signal across 801 Sunderland rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Parking
100%
of 78 Sunderland listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
126 homes came onto the Sunderland rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Northcote Avenue, Sunderland
Studio flat/apartment
Horizon House, Sunderland, SR1
3 bed semi-detached house
Cortina Avenue, Barnes, Sunderland
2 bed flat/apartment
Carlisle Terrace, Sunderland SR5
2 bed terraced house
Wildflower Lane, Whitburn, Sunderland
2 bed flat/apartment
Coxon Street, Sunderland SR2
3 bed bungalow
Abbay Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 2EB
3 bed semi-detached house
Shaftesbury Avenue, Tyne and Wear SR2
Studio flat/apartment
Apartment , Horizon House, Borough Road, Sunderland
3 bed semi-detached house
Acklam Avenue, Ryhope, Sunderland
3 bed terraced house
Tadcaster Road, Thorney Close, Sunderland
1 bed flat/apartment
Hylton Road, Sunderland
1 bed flat/apartment
The Post Office, Sunderland SR1
2 bed flat/apartment
27 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1RE
3 bed terraced house
Cleadon Meadows, Cleadon, SR6
4 bed terraced house
Eden Vale, Sunderland, SR2
2 bed flat/apartment
Toward Road Flat 4, Sunderland
2 bed flat/apartment
Kensington House, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, SR2
Studio flat/apartment
Whickham Street East, Sunderland, Roker, Nr St Peters, SR6
1 bed property
Harrison House , Sunderland, 56-57 Fawcett Street, City Centre, SR1
1 bed room
Olive Street, Sunderland, SR1
1 bed property
Dunn House Student Accommodation, 50-56 North Bridge Street, Sunderland, SR5
2 bed flat/apartment
Azalea Terrace North, Sunderland, SR2
1 bed room
Bede Street, Sunderland, SR6
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Sunderland. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
A
most common band
Mean band
1.83
≈ Band A–B
Stock
134k
134,100 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
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
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
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
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
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Sunderland centroid. The five closest:
Hudson Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · SR1 2AH
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · SR2 7JN
Beacon of Light School
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · SR5 1SN
Dame Dorothy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SR6 0EA
Thornhill Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · SR2 7NA
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Sunderland has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 8 of 8 postcode districts analysed, the median was 36 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Sunderland is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
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 (161) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (70) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (59) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (133) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (84) · pop. ~15,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sunderland is £700 a month, from 741 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sunderland is £595 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 218 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sunderland is £725 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 215 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sunderland is £850 a month, 21% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 123 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sunderland is £1,100 a month, 57% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 50 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sunderland is £488 a month, from 60 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 801 rental properties available in Sunderland, with 126 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Sunderland has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 36 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 Sunderland is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North East
How Sunderland compares with the other 9 places we track in North 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 North East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sunderland, updated 28 October 2026.
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