Rent Evidence Pack · Welwyn Hatfield

Average Private Rent in Welwyn Hatfield

Official statistics · September 2026
Average monthly rent
£1,510
12-month change
+3.3%

The East of England stretches from towns within commuting reach of London to historic cathedral cities and the Norfolk and Suffolk coast — a region with a wide spread of rental markets. Every figure below is the published ONS figure for Welwyn Hatfield, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in Welwyn Hatfield averages £1,061 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,333 — a spread of £1,272 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £1,510, the Welwyn Hatfield figure sits above the East of England average of £1,298 and above the England average of £1,466.

Over the 24 months to September 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £1,510, up from £1,365 in October 2024.

The Welwyn Hatfield Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in Welwyn Hatfield by bedroom category, September 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £1,061+3.5%
2 bed £1,373+3.3%
3 bed £1,645+3.8%
4+ bed £2,333+2.8%

24-month trend

October 2024£1,365September 2026£1,510

Average monthly rent in Welwyn Hatfield, all property sizes: £1,365 in October 2024 to £1,510 in September 2026.

How Welwyn Hatfield compares

Average monthly private rent, Welwyn Hatfield against its region and England, September 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
Welwyn Hatfield £1,510+3.3%
East of England £1,298+3.8%
England £1,466+4.0%

Sources — every figure on this page

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

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