OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Sheffield

Private rents in Sheffield average £929 a month across all property sizes, up 4.5% over the last year. These are the official Office for National Statistics figures, not portal asking rents, so they reflect what tenants actually pay.

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All sizes
£929
1-bed
£689
2-bed
£838
3-bed
£964
4+ bed
£1,335
Flats
£772

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The £929 average above is the whole district, every size and condition mixed together. It's a fair sanity check, but it isn't a valuation of one property, and the gap between a 1-bed at £689 and a 3-bed at £964 shows why. For an actual figure you need the specific address: its size, its EPC, its street, and what comparable homes nearby genuinely let for.

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Two years of rents in Sheffield
Two-year change: +8.4%Five-year change: +35.4%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 1% over the last six months, against +3.5% in the six before: rises are slowing.
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What next door costs
Sheffield is the 7th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Rotherham£612£740£1,0692Barnsley£627£749£1,0833Bolsover£648£751£1,1314Chesterfield£692£827£1,1645North East Derbyshire£718£873£1,2026Derbyshire Dales£751£899£1,336
7SheffieldYou are here£838£964£1,335
Nearest by the centre point of each area, so a very large or coastal area can throw up a neighbour that is not a natural comparison.
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Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026, average private rents by local authority. Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Figures are area averages, not valuations of any individual property.