OFFICIAL DATA313 DISTRICTS RANKED

Rental yields, ranked

Gross yield for every district we can compute: the official ONS average rent, times twelve, divided by the HM Land Registry median sold price. The national median is 4.4%. Whole-market averages before costs; the spread between the top and bottom of this table is the whole story of UK buy-to-let.

Every district, ranked by gross yield

rent pcm · median sold · yield

#1Newcastle upon Tyne£1,207£205k7.1%#2Manchester£1,365£253k6.5%#3Bristol, City of£1,880£350k6.4%#4Merthyr Tydfil£755£143k6.4%#5Portsmouth£1,367£260k6.3%#6Nottingham£1,011£200k6.1%#7Blackpool£714£140k6.1%#8Lincoln£944£188k6%#9Tower Hamlets£2,439£494k5.9%#10Kingston upon Hull, City of£691£140k5.9%#11Liverpool£909£185k5.9%#12Norwich£1,146£235k5.9%#13Southampton£1,255£260k5.8%#14Salford£1,167£240k5.8%#15Blaenau Gwent£679£140k5.8%#16Gateshead£798£165k5.8%#17Bath and North East Somerset£1,881£396k5.7%#18Gosport£1,165£250k5.6%#19Burnley£628£135k5.6%#20Lambeth£2,519£538k5.6%#21Leeds£1,140£245k5.6%#22Birmingham£1,093£240k5.5%#23Hackney£2,644£580k5.5%#24Hyndburn£645£140k5.5%#25Southwark£2,431£527k5.5%#26Sunderland£704£155k5.5%#27Islington£2,854£635k5.4%#28Pendle£666£149k5.4%#29Harlow£1,518£337k5.4%#30Reading£1,573£350k5.4%#31County Durham£645£143k5.4%#32Middlesbrough£699£155k5.4%#33Stoke-on-Trent£711£160k5.3%#34Coventry£1,019£230k5.3%#35South Tyneside£737£167k5.3%#36Gloucester£1,112£253k5.3%#37Barking and Dagenham£1,696£383k5.3%#38Exeter£1,320£300k5.3%#39Plymouth£1,001£225k5.3%#40Oxford£1,966£450k5.2%#41Sandwell£947£220k5.2%#42Greenwich£1,980£460k5.2%#43Knowsley£844£195k5.2%#44South Gloucestershire£1,456£338k5.2%#45Newham£1,927£448k5.2%#46Tameside£927£215k5.2%#47Oldham£931£214k5.2%#48Watford£1,823£418k5.2%#49Cardiff£1,169£270k5.2%#50Brighton and Hove£1,809£415k5.2%#51Wolverhampton£942£222k5.1%#52Ipswich£993£235k5.1%#53Rossendale£808£190k5.1%#54Leicester£1,024£243k5.1%#55Bolton£884£207k5.1%#56Torfaen£858£200k5.1%#57Blackburn with Darwen£713£167k5.1%#58Crawley£1,486£350k5.1%#59Sheffield£929£218k5.1%#60Eastbourne£1,166£275k5.1%#61Mansfield£788£190k5%#62Newcastle-under-Lyme£830£200k5%#63Preston£788£190k5%#64St. Helens£802£192k5%#65Wandsworth£2,620£635k5%#66Dartford£1,570£380k5%#67Stevenage£1,436£345k5%#68Swansea£848£205k5%#69Neath Port Talbot£689£165k5%#70Peterborough£1,003£240k5%#71Stockton-on-Tees£735£175k5%#72Ashfield£793£195k4.9%#73Hammersmith and Fulham£2,796£690k4.9%#74Walsall£916£225k4.9%#75West Suffolk£1,179£286k4.9%#76Lancaster£815£200k4.9%#77Sefton£935£230k4.9%#78Rochdale£844£208k4.9%#79Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,399£340k4.9%#80Newport£956£235k4.9%#81Hounslow£1,945£482k4.8%#82Bradford£749£187k4.8%#83York£1,193£305k4.7%#84North East Lincolnshire£633£163k4.7%#85Medway£1,236£313k4.7%#86Ealing£2,085£530k4.7%#87Merton£2,153£549k4.7%#88Luton£1,221£315k4.7%#89Basildon£1,421£363k4.7%#90Broxbourne£1,687£435k4.7%#91Bury£969£250k4.7%#92Wrexham£766£195k4.7%#93North Tyneside£851£215k4.7%#94Nuneaton and Bedworth£921£237k4.7%#95Erewash£834£215k4.7%#96Derby£857£219k4.7%#97Darlington£686£175k4.7%#98Bolsover£710£180k4.7%#99Swindon£1,090£280k4.7%#100Wakefield£800£205k4.7%#101Redcar and Cleveland£643£165k4.7%#102Slough£1,569£398k4.7%#103Milton Keynes£1,343£345k4.7%#104North Northamptonshire£988£260k4.6%#105Haringey£2,213£575k4.6%#106Enfield£1,821£476k4.6%#107Cannock Chase£859£225k4.6%#108North Somerset£1,205£315k4.6%#109Rushmoor£1,387£360k4.6%#110Boston£803£210k4.6%#111Solihull£1,269£330k4.6%#112Wirral£852£221k4.6%#113Great Yarmouth£841£220k4.6%#114Worcester£974£255k4.6%#115Thurrock£1,375£355k4.6%#116Lewisham£1,828£475k4.6%#117Caerphilly£743£193k4.6%#118Cheltenham£1,259£325k4.6%#119Halton£745£195k4.6%#120Chesterfield£754£196k4.6%#121Calderdale£753£195k4.6%#122Barnsley£693£180k4.6%#123Doncaster£691£180k4.6%#124Cumberland£675£175k4.6%#125Broxtowe£945£250k4.5%#126Westminster£3,179£850k4.5%#127Camden£2,800£750k4.5%#128Croydon£1,581£425k4.5%#129Canterbury£1,281£345k4.5%#130Thanet£1,114£294k4.5%#131Wyre£737£196k4.5%#132Southend-on-Sea£1,296£345k4.5%#133Wigan£745£198k4.5%#134Tendring£1,051£280k4.5%#135Flintshire£803£215k4.5%#136North Warwickshire£978£260k4.5%#137Worthing£1,303£346k4.5%#138Cheshire West and Chester£986£265k4.5%#139Adur£1,399£375k4.5%#140Cherwell£1,294£355k4.4%#141West Northamptonshire£1,078£295k4.4%#142Brent£2,012£545k4.4%#143Tamworth£920£250k4.4%#144North Lincolnshire£653£177k4.4%#145Folkestone and Hythe£1,176£318k4.4%#146Gravesham£1,331£365k4.4%#147South Ribble£800£220k4.4%#148Oadby and Wigston£1,025£280k4.4%#149Redditch£951£260k4.4%#150Sevenoaks£1,803£490k4.4%#151Colchester£1,196£327k4.4%#152Trafford£1,367£371k4.4%#153Woking£1,619£443k4.4%#154Conwy£791£215k4.4%#155Gwynedd£722£195k4.4%#156Isle of Wight£950£260k4.4%#157Torbay£917£249k4.4%#158Kirklees£780£214k4.4%#159Fenland£840£230k4.4%#160Cambridge£1,806£490k4.4%#161Gedling£899£250k4.3%#162Lichfield£1,100£310k4.3%#163East Staffordshire£851£237k4.3%#164Dudley£853£240k4.3%#165Havant£1,146£320k4.3%#166Eastleigh£1,214£340k4.3%#167Maidstone£1,293£365k4.3%#168Tonbridge and Malling£1,484£415k4.3%#169Bexley£1,534£430k4.3%#170Swale£1,103£307k4.3%#171Fylde£866£242k4.3%#172Chorley£792£222k4.3%#173Hinckley and Bosworth£933£261k4.3%#174Hastings£1,006£280k4.3%#175Ashford£1,246£345k4.3%#176Blaby£994£280k4.3%#177Epping Forest£1,843£520k4.3%#178Chelmsford£1,442£405k4.3%#179Stockport£1,111£310k4.3%#180Denbighshire£712£200k4.3%#181Spelthorne£1,661£465k4.3%#182Hartlepool£556£155k4.3%#183High Peak£928£260k4.3%#184Rotherham£683£193k4.3%#185Bassetlaw£720£208k4.2%#186Newark and Sherwood£813£235k4.2%#187Havering£1,564£450k4.2%#188King's Lynn and West Norfolk£940£268k4.2%#189Breckland£925£265k4.2%#190Somerset£1,006£285k4.2%#191Basingstoke and Deane£1,307£375k4.2%#192Dover£1,029£293k4.2%#193Tunbridge Wells£1,529£438k4.2%#194Charnwood£958£275k4.2%#195Dacorum£1,583£450k4.2%#196Welwyn Hatfield£1,509£430k4.2%#197Braintree£1,217£345k4.2%#198Carmarthenshire£685£198k4.2%#199Bridgend£759£216k4.2%#200Warwick£1,239£358k4.2%#201Rugby£1,046£300k4.2%#202Warrington£894£255k4.2%#203Arun£1,227£348k4.2%#204Lewes£1,325£380k4.2%#205Cornwall£1,004£286k4.2%#206Bracknell Forest£1,456£420k4.2%#207Vale of White Horse£1,343£395k4.1%#208Barnet£1,945£575k4.1%#209Stafford£898£260k4.1%#210Sutton£1,553£455k4.1%#211Fareham£1,189£345k4.1%#212Test Valley£1,234£360k4.1%#213North Kesteven£820£242k4.1%#214North West Leicestershire£910£265k4.1%#215Redbridge£1,724£510k4.1%#216Central Bedfordshire£1,249£365k4.1%#217Bedford£1,170£345k4.1%#218North Hertfordshire£1,429£423k4.1%#219East Hertfordshire£1,519£450k4.1%#220Runnymede£1,579£460k4.1%#221Guildford£1,728£500k4.1%#222Reigate and Banstead£1,637£475k4.1%#223Castle Point£1,257£365k4.1%#224Horsham£1,465£430k4.1%#225Northumberland£691£204k4.1%#226South Derbyshire£879£255k4.1%#227Amber Valley£794£230k4.1%#228Westmorland and Furness£812£236k4.1%#229West Lancashire£803£240k4%#230Kingston upon Thames£1,807£548k4%#231Three Rivers£1,820£545k4%#232Tewkesbury£1,086£325k4%#233Wealden£1,266£380k4%#234Cheshire East£984£298k4%#235Wiltshire£1,072£320k4%#236West Berkshire£1,314£398k4%#237Huntingdonshire£1,050£319k4%#238Windsor and Maidenhead£1,805£539k4%#239West Oxfordshire£1,293£400k3.9%#240Harrow£1,773£550k3.9%#241South Norfolk£981£300k3.9%#242South Staffordshire£949£290k3.9%#243Bromley£1,681£520k3.9%#244Richmond upon Thames£2,318£713k3.9%#245Mid Suffolk£1,001£310k3.9%#246Winchester£1,505£462k3.9%#247New Forest£1,241£381k3.9%#248East Riding of Yorkshire£724£225k3.9%#249West Lindsey£744£230k3.9%#250South Holland£768£235k3.9%#251South Kesteven£843£260k3.9%#252East Lindsey£699£215k3.9%#253Waltham Forest£1,765£542k3.9%#254Wyre Forest£823£255k3.9%#255Brentwood£1,618£498k3.9%#256Hertsmere£1,817£554k3.9%#257Tandridge£1,634£500k3.9%#258Rother£1,166£355k3.9%#259Mid Sussex£1,420£439k3.9%#260North East Derbyshire£787£240k3.9%#261South Cambridgeshire£1,411£433k3.9%#262North Yorkshire£844£270k3.8%#263Kensington and Chelsea£3,629£1,135k3.8%#264Staffordshire Moorlands£724£227k3.8%#265St Albans£1,931£611k3.8%#266Rochford£1,298£408k3.8%#267Surrey Heath£1,508£475k3.8%#268Monmouthshire£993£315k3.8%#269Ceredigion£723£230k3.8%#270Isle of Anglesey£710£225k3.8%#271Stratford-on-Avon£1,143£365k3.8%#272Stroud£1,040£330k3.8%#273Chichester£1,328£420k3.8%#274Teignbridge£958£300k3.8%#275Buckinghamshire£1,474£460k3.8%#276South Oxfordshire£1,392£450k3.7%#277Rushcliffe£1,041£335k3.7%#278Hillingdon£1,565£505k3.7%#279Broadland£939£305k3.7%#280Hart£1,417£455k3.7%#281Epsom and Ewell£1,694£550k3.7%#282Pembrokeshire£692£223k3.7%#283Dorset£1,051£345k3.7%#284East Cambridgeshire£1,035£340k3.7%#285East Hampshire£1,262£420k3.6%#286Harborough£963£326k3.6%#287Maldon£1,143£381k3.6%#288London£2,317£775k3.6%#289Forest of Dean£826£279k3.6%#290Shropshire£819£275k3.6%#291Mid Devon£876£290k3.6%#292East Devon£965£325k3.6%#293Wokingham£1,470£485k3.6%#294North Norfolk£864£295k3.5%#295East Suffolk£840£290k3.5%#296Babergh£968£330k3.5%#297Ribble Valley£816£279k3.5%#298Melton£796£270k3.5%#299Wychavon£950£330k3.5%#300Rutland£962£330k3.5%#301North Devon£845£293k3.5%#302Bromsgrove£985£343k3.4%#303Malvern Hills£943£330k3.4%#304Elmbridge£1,867£650k3.4%#305Cotswold£1,248£440k3.4%#306West Devon£840£295k3.4%#307South Hams£1,009£360k3.4%#308Torridge£788£275k3.4%#309Mole Valley£1,548£565k3.3%#310Uttlesford£1,286£465k3.3%#311Waverley£1,450£540k3.2%#312Derbyshire Dales£810£315k3.1%#313Powys£622£250k3%

Gross yield = ONS average private rent × 12 ÷ Land Registry median sold price (two years of sales, districts with at least 50 sales). Before mortgage, letting and running costs. Research figures, not financial or investment advice.