5.40%
Average gross rental yield, August 2026 edition · ranked 38 of 294 English councils, and 6 of 26 in the South West.
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| Average monthly rent (ONS) | £1,004 |
|---|---|
| Average sale price (HM Land Registry) | £223,229 |
| Monthly sales, latest published | 241 |
The working: £1,004 × 12 ÷ £223,229 = 5.40%. For rent by number of bedrooms, see rent in Plymouth.
Twelve-month change: +0.08 points, from 5.32% in Aug 2025 to 5.40% in Aug 2026. Broadly flat (under a tenth of a point either way), as rents grew 4.7% and prices grew 3.2%.
| Edition | Gross yield |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 5.32% |
| Sep 2025 | 5.40% |
| Oct 2025 | 5.46% |
| Nov 2025 | 5.40% |
| Dec 2025 | 5.40% |
| Jan 2026 | 5.42% |
| Feb 2026 | 5.43% |
| Mar 2026 | 5.45% |
| Apr 2026 | 5.45% |
| May 2026 | 5.44% |
| Jun 2026 | 5.40% |
| Jul 2026 | 5.38% |
| Aug 2026 | 5.40% |
Councils ranked directly above and below Plymouth within the South West. The full UKPP Rental Yield Index ranks every English council.
It is a gross yield: rent over price, before any costs. It models no voids, management, maintenance, tax or finance, and forecasts nothing.
The average rented home and the average sold home are not the same property. The index divides an area’s average rent by its average sale price, so it shows how Plymouth compares with other areas — not the return on any particular property.
The yield runs about two months behind rents, because Land Registry prices are published later than ONS rents. How the index is built →
What is the average rental yield in Plymouth? 5.40% gross, in the August 2026 edition of the UKPP Rental Yield Index: an average monthly rent of £1,004 × 12, divided by an average sale price of £223,229. That ranks 38 of 294 English councils.
Is rental yield in Plymouth rising or falling? Twelve-month change: +0.08 points, from 5.32% in Aug 2025 to 5.40% in Aug 2026. Broadly flat (under a tenth of a point either way), as rents grew 4.7% and prices grew 3.2%.
How does Plymouth compare with the rest of the South West? Plymouth ranks 6 of 26 councils in the South West. The region’s own yield is 4.91%, so Plymouth is 0.49 points above the South West; the median English council is 4.45%.
Rent: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. Price and sales: HM Land Registry, UK House Price Index (August 2026). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The yield is UKPP’s own derived work, the UKPP Rental Yield Index, August 2026 edition, licensed under CC BY 4.0 — download the edition as CSV.
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