OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Somerset

Private rents in Somerset average £1,006 a month across all property sizes, up 5.6% 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
£1,006
1-bed
£685
2-bed
£905
3-bed
£1,124
4+ bed
£1,604
Flats
£782

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The £1,006 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 £685 and a 3-bed at £1,124 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 Somerset
Two-year change: +8.8%Five-year change: +33.8%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 3.5% over the last six months, against +2% in the six before: rises are speeding up.
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What next door costs
Somerset is the 2nd cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Newport£861£963£1,359
2SomersetYou are here£905£1,124£1,604
3North Somerset£1,075£1,341£1,8394Cardiff£1,078£1,203£1,6935South Gloucestershire£1,267£1,547£2,2166Bath and North East Somerset£1,520£1,806£2,5317Bristol, City of£1,541£1,755£2,542
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.