Average rent in Huddersfield (2026)

Data as of July 2026 · computed by Flatscout from live cross-portal listings and official open data

Huddersfield offers Pennine-town value on a trans-Pennine main line: stone terraces in Marsh, Lindley and the villages let for well under both Leeds and Manchester, and the university keeps a steady HMO market ticking around the town centre.

Huddersfield currently has 551 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £750 a month for a whole property. Rooms in shared homes start lower, and the by-postcode table below shows how much the same budget buys in different corners of the city.

Everything on this page is computed from listings Flatscout scrapes and de-duplicates around the clock, joined with official open data: the ONS Price Index of Private Rents for the long-run trend, ONS earnings data for affordability, police.uk street-level crime, VOA council-tax bands, Ofcom broadband coverage, and EPC certificates matched to the homes actually being advertised right now. Figures refresh continuously — the numbers below were last computed in July 2026.

If you're actively hunting, the data has one practical message: well-priced Huddersfield rentals go in hours, not days. Flatscout watches every portal and can alert you by email, WhatsApp or Telegram within minutes of a matching listing appearing — before most renters have refreshed the app.

Rent by bedrooms in Huddersfield

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Huddersfield
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£560/mo22
1 bed£600/mo163
2 bed£750/mo157
3 bed£1,000/mo93
4+ bed£1,100/mo38
Room in shared home£450/mo78

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Huddersfield
OutcodeMedian rentListings
HD7£950/mo18
HD5£895/mo40
HD8£813/mo18
HD3£795/mo70
HD2£773/mo44
HD4£750/mo78
HD1£680/mo205

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Huddersfield tenancies at £780/mo in June 2026 — up 12.9% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £555/mo. The ONS average sits below asking-rent medians because it includes existing tenancies, not just newly advertised homes.

Affordability

Renting at the ONS average of £780/mo takes roughly 31% of the local median gross salary of £30,238 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 551 live listings, 44% advertise a garden and 11% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

EPC energy ratings

EPC bands of live Huddersfield rentals matched to certificates
BandListings
D19
E13
F2

Council-tax bands

VOA council-tax stock of domestic properties, Huddersfield
BandProperties
Band A85,890
Band B35,310
Band C33,290
Band D17,850
Band E12,720
Band F5,720
Band G2,330
Band H170

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Huddersfield: 92% full fibre (FTTP), 95% gigabit-capable, 99% superfast (30 Mbit/s+) (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Crime

police.uk street-level data for May 2026: median 244 reported incidents per postcode district across 7 districts around the busiest rental postcodes. The most common category city-wide is violence and sexual offences (44% of reports).

Reported crimes by inner area, May 2026
AreaReports / 1,000 peopleMost common category
Almondbury15.4violence and sexual offences
Golcar11.2violence and sexual offences
Lindley14.8violence and sexual offences
Marsh34.2violence and sexual offences
Town Centre62.3violence and sexual offences

Where the listings come from

No single portal has every home — Flatscout merges and de-duplicates them all, so each property is counted once.

Renting in Huddersfield, answered

What is the average rent in Huddersfield?

The median asking rent in Huddersfield is £750 per month for a whole property, based on 551 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Huddersfield?

Flatscout is currently tracking 551 active rental listings in Huddersfield, with 120 new listings added in the last 7 days. Listings from every portal are merged and de-duplicated, so each home is counted once.

How much is a one-bedroom flat to rent in Huddersfield?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Huddersfield is £600 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £450 (July 2026).

Is Huddersfield safe for renters?

Across 7 postcode districts analysed, the median is 244 reported crimes per district per month, and the most common category is violence and sexual offences. Crime varies a lot street by street — data from data.police.uk (May 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Huddersfield?

Renting at the ONS average of £780/mo takes roughly 31% of the local median gross salary of £30,238 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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