OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in South Cambridgeshire

Private rents in South Cambridgeshire average £1,411 a month across all property sizes, up 3.8% 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
£1,411
1-bed
£1,012
2-bed
£1,283
3-bed
£1,533
4+ bed
£2,152
Flats
£1,173

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The £1,411 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 £1,012 and a 3-bed at £1,533 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 South Cambridgeshire
Two-year change: +9.5%Five-year change: +34.4%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 0.9% over the last six months, against +2.9% in the six before: rises are slowing.
What homes sell for, by postcode area
CB22408 sales£478,475CB21271 sales£455,113CB24700 sales£412,000CB23608 sales£400,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. District-wide median: £432,500.
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What next door costs
South Cambridgeshire is the 6th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1East Cambridgeshire£955£1,163£1,6592Huntingdonshire£960£1,162£1,6863West Suffolk£1,057£1,314£1,8494Uttlesford£1,140£1,439£2,0315North Hertfordshire£1,279£1,569£2,227
6South CambridgeshireYou are here£1,283£1,533£2,152
7Cambridge£1,614£1,908£2,659
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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.