Rent Evidence Pack · Middlesbrough

Average Private Rent in Middlesbrough

Official statistics · September 2026
Average monthly rent
£699
12-month change
+3.8%

The North East pairs historic industrial cities with a rental market shaped by strong demand from students, key workers and young professionals. Every figure below is the published ONS figure for Middlesbrough, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in Middlesbrough averages £498 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £991 — a spread of £493 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £699, the Middlesbrough figure sits below the North East average of £790 and below the England average of £1,466.

Over the 24 months to September 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £699, up from £629 in October 2024.

The Middlesbrough Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in Middlesbrough by bedroom category, September 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £498+3.6%
2 bed £634+4.0%
3 bed £754+4.4%
4+ bed £991+3.3%

24-month trend

October 2024£629September 2026£699

Average monthly rent in Middlesbrough, all property sizes: £629 in October 2024 to £699 in September 2026.

How Middlesbrough compares

Average monthly private rent, Middlesbrough against its region and England, September 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
Middlesbrough £699+3.8%
North East £790+5.3%
England £1,466+4.0%

Sources — every figure on this page

  • Middlesbrough average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Middlesbrough 12-month change — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Middlesbrough, 1 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Middlesbrough, 2 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Middlesbrough, 3 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • Middlesbrough, 4+ bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), September 2026 (check at source)
  • North 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 North East — the same ONS rent figures, one region at a time ↗

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