Renting in Torquay
Median asking rent · all sizes · 326 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Torquay is £995 a month, from 326 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £725/moasking · 112 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,000/moasking · 115 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,263/moasking · 61 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,600/moasking · 25 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 70 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 Torquay by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/torquay, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Torquay
Torquay currently has 396 rental listings on the property sites we track, 326 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Torquay is £995 a month, from 326 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 94 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 29% 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 £950 a month in TQ1 (120 live listings) to £1,095 in TQ2 (85 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Torquay (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 Torquay, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Torquay is £725 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 112 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Torquay is £1,000 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 115 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Torquay is £1,263 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 61 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Torquay is £1,600 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 25 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Torquay is £600 a month, from 70 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 Torbay is £924 a month, up 3.7% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Torbay is the ONS area that covers Torquay. 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
+3.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+21%
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
Property types
56% of listings
23% of listings
20% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 85 houses currently advertised in Torquay.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 205 live listings in 2 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 Torquay, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/torquay, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Torquay
Live signal across 396 Torquay rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
62%
of 105 Torquay listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
70%
of 118 Torquay listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
94 homes came onto the Torquay rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
St Moritz, Torquay TQ2
2 bed property
Victoria Park Road, Torquay TQ1
4 bed property
Ansteys Cove Road, Torquay TQ1
1 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed house
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed room
1 bed room
3 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
4 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed detached house
St. Lukes Road North, Torquay, TQ2
2 bed property
Orchard Road, Torquay, TQ2
1 bed flat/apartment
Croft Road, Torquay, TQ2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Torquay. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Torquay centroid. The five closest:
Ellacombe Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · TQ1 1TG
Upton St James CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TQ1 4AZ
The Spires College
Secondary · Foundation school · TQ1 3PE
Cockington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TQ2 6AP
Warberry CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter · TQ1 1SB
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
Based on the latest police data (October 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.
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
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 (103) · pop. ~49,000
Most common: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (155) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (58) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (66) · pop. ~2,000
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 Torquay is £995 a month, from 326 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Torquay is £725 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 112 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Torquay is £1,000 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 115 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Torquay is £1,263 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 61 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Torquay is £1,600 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 25 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Torquay is £600 a month, from 70 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 396 rental properties available in Torquay, with 94 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Torquay has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 57 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 Torquay is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Torquay compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/torquay, updated 28 October 2026.
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