The median advertised room in a shared house in Canterbury is £568 a month, and half of all rooms sit between £550 and £693. Measured from 12 live listings on 2026-08-09. No official statistics track what a room costs, so we do.
Sharing saves about £307 a month against the official average one-bed in Canterbury (£875, ONS) before bills, so roughly £3,684 a year.
83% of rooms accept students. Most of the market is open to you, so don't settle for a bad room.
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