Renting in Torquay

Average Rent in Torquay: £950/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,964 live Torquay 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

£950 /month

1,964 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Torquay by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£650/mo78
1 bed£725/mo555
2 bed£1,000/mo555
3 bed£1,300/mo288
4+ bed£1,625/mo136
Room (house share)£600/mo352

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

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Renting in Torquay

What it costs to rent in Torquay

Torquay currently has 1,964 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £950 a month. 62 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 38% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is EX12 at around £750/mo, while EX3 sits nearer £1,750/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 Torquay 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 Torquay by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,964 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Torquay

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Torquay is £650 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 78 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Torquay

£725/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Torquay is £725 a month, 24% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 555 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Torquay is £1,000 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 555 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Torquay

£1,300/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Torquay is £1,300 a month, 37% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 288 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Torquay

£1,625/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Torquay is £1,625 a month, 71% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 136 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Torquay

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Torquay house share is £600 a month, 37% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 352 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 Torbay rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Torbay, the ONS area that covers Torquay. Latest: £917/mo (Jul 26, +4.4% YoY).

Latest

£917

Jul 26

Annual

+4.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£759

Aug 21

Total change

+21%

since 2021

£750£850£925Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Torquay

Flats & apartments

593

45% of listings

Houses

356

27% of listings

Rooms

352

27% of listings

Bungalows

13

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 45% of the 369 houses currently advertised in Torquay.

  • Terraced
    45%166
  • Other house
    34%125
  • Semi-detached
    13%48
  • Detached
    5%17
  • Bungalow
    4%13

Rent by postcode

Where Torquay rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,269 live listings in 27 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Torquay

  1. 1EX3£1,750/mo11 rentals
  2. 2TQ7£1,575/mo4 rentals
  3. 3TQ9£1,500/mo7 rentals

Cheapest in Torquay

  1. 1EX12£750/mo3 rentals
  2. 2TQ2£775/mo315 rentals
  3. 3PL4£850/mo19 rentals

Features · Torquay

Garden, parking, and floor area in Torquay

Live signal across 1,964 Torquay rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

73%

of 270 Torquay listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

76%

of 305 Torquay listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Torquay this week

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

62 new this weekUpdated today
  1. £500/moOpenRent

    1 bed room

    11View listing
  2. £1,200/moOpenRent

    3 bed flat/apartment

    32View listing
  3. £1,675/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    22View listing
  4. £1,095/moOpenRent

    3 bed flat/apartment

    31View listing
  5. £1,795/moOpenRent

    3 bed flat/apartment

    31View listing
  6. £895/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  7. £775/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  8. £690/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  9. £1,250/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  10. £1,195/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  11. £700/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    32View listing
  12. £795/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  13. £695/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  14. £950/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  15. £925/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  16. £1,500/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  17. £590/moOpenRent

    6 bed room

    64View listing
  18. £2,000/moOpenRent

    4 bed house

    41View listing
  19. £565/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    41View listing
  20. £1,000/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  21. £795/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  22. £1,195/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  23. £1,395/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  24. £1,999/moOpenRent

    4 bed flat/apartment

    42View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Torquay

Most Torquay homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 68,530 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

B

most common band

Mean band

2.84

≈ Band B–C

Stock

69k

68,530 properties

  • A
    20%13,740
  • B
    26%17,760
  • C
    25%17,100
  • D
    16%10,700
  • E
    8%5,410
  • F
    4%2,410
  • G
    2%1,280
  • H
    0%140

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 Torquay

84% of Torquay premises can already get full-fibre and 89% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

84%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

89%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

466 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    84%
  • Gigabit-capable
    89%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Torbay), July 2025, covering 72,265 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Torquay homes

38% of Torquay 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

58k

58,315 EPCs

  • A
    0%131
  • B
    8%4,396
  • C
    30%17,627
  • D
    42%24,256
  • E
    16%9,114
  • F
    4%2,100
  • G
    1%691

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Torquay

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

  1. 1

    Ellacombe Church of England Academy

    Primary · Academy sponsor led · TQ1 1TG

    0.29 mi
  2. 2

    Upton St James CofE Primary School

    Primary · Academy converter · TQ1 4AZ

    0.43 mi
  3. 3

    The Spires College

    Secondary · Foundation school · TQ1 3PE

    0.58 mi
  4. 4

    Cockington Primary School

    Primary · Academy converter · TQ2 6AP

    0.60 mi
  5. 5

    Warberry CofE Academy

    Primary · Academy converter · TQ1 1SB

    0.69 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Torquay

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Torquay has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 17 of 17 postcode districts analysed, the median was 57 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Torquay is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

  • 57 crimes per area (median)
  • 17 of 17 postcode districts covered
  • Data: September 2026

Most reported

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • 0% of incidents

Torquay 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 Torquay

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.

Paignton has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Torquay.

  • Paignton

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (143) · pop. ~49,000

    7.7
    per 1k

  • Babbacombe

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (102) · pop. ~6,000

    38
    per 1k

  • St Marychurch

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (182) · pop. ~7,000

    60
    per 1k

  • Chelston

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (62) · pop. ~6,000

    23
    per 1k

  • Cockington

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (67) · pop. ~2,000

    91
    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

Torquay listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Torquay.

PrimeLocation
497
Rightmove
428
OnTheMarket
385
SpareRoom
352
OpenRent
302

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Frequently asked

Renting in Torquay — your questions answered

How much is rent in Torquay?

The average (median) asking rent in Torquay is £950 a month — a 1-bed is £725 and a 2-bed £1,000, based on 1,964 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Torquay?

The median asking rent for a studio in Torquay is £650 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 78 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Torquay is £725 a month, 24% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 555 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Torquay is £1,000 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 555 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Torquay is £1,300 a month, 37% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 288 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Torquay is £1,625 a month, 71% above the city-wide median of £950, based on 136 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Torquay?

The median asking rent for a room in a Torquay house share is £600 a month, 37% below the city-wide median of £950, based on 352 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Torquay?

There are currently 1,964 rental properties available in Torquay, with 62 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Torquay safe for renters?

Torquay has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 57 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 Torquay?

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

Across South West

Average rent across South West

How Torquay compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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