Rent Evidence Pack · Isle of Wight

Average Private Rent in Isle of Wight

Official statistics · September 2026
Average monthly rent
£953
12-month change
+6.8%

The South East's rental market is shaped by commuter links into London, its universities, and a cluster of historic cathedral and market towns. Every figure below is the published ONS figure for Isle of Wight, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in Isle of Wight averages £664 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £1,519 — a spread of £855 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £953, the Isle of Wight figure sits below the South East average of £1,438 and below the England average of £1,466.

Over the 24 months to September 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £953, up from £840 in October 2024.

The Isle of Wight Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in Isle of Wight by bedroom category, September 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £664+6.7%
2 bed £874+6.9%
3 bed £1,092+7.1%
4+ bed £1,519+6.5%

24-month trend

October 2024£840September 2026£953

Average monthly rent in Isle of Wight, all property sizes: £840 in October 2024 to £953 in September 2026.

How Isle of Wight compares

Average monthly private rent, Isle of Wight against its region and England, September 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
Isle of Wight £953+6.8%
South East £1,438+3.5%
England £1,466+4.0%

Sources — every figure on this page

  • Isle of Wight average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Isle of Wight 12-month change — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Isle of Wight, 1 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Isle of Wight, 2 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Isle of Wight, 3 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Isle of Wight, 4+ bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • South East average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • England average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)

ONS revises these series on each monthly release. The reference period above is the edition this page was built from — check the live bulletin before relying on a figure.

This page presents official statistics for context. It is not a valuation of any property, and not advice.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the licence. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents.

See every published local authority in South East — the same ONS rent figures, one region at a time ↗

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