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Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton

Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton was £2,172 in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 5.4% from August 2025.

August 2026, GBP2,172 Provisional
Change on August 2025+5.4%
Series high2,172August 2026
Series low1,443January 2015

Next release: Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 09:30 UK time, announced by Office for National Statistics. Release calendar

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Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton, January 2015 to August 2026

1,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002015-012016-092018-052020-012021-092023-052025-012026-082015-01: 1,443 GBP2015-02: 1,453 GBP2015-03: 1,459 GBP2015-04: 1,462 GBP2015-05: 1,460 GBP2015-06: 1,460 GBP2015-07: 1,467 GBP2015-08: 1,481 GBP2015-09: 1,499 GBP2015-10: 1,506 GBP2015-11: 1,517 GBP2015-12: 1,525 GBP2016-01: 1,541 GBP2016-02: 1,548 GBP2016-03: 1,549 GBP2016-04: 1,543 GBP2016-05: 1,543 GBP2016-06: 1,548 GBP2016-07: 1,555 GBP2016-08: 1,556 GBP2016-09: 1,555 GBP2016-10: 1,556 GBP2016-11: 1,561 GBP2016-12: 1,567 GBP2017-01: 1,569 GBP2017-02: 1,566 GBP2017-03: 1,563 GBP2017-04: 1,557 GBP2017-05: 1,554 GBP2017-06: 1,550 GBP2017-07: 1,544 GBP2017-08: 1,541 GBP2017-09: 1,542 GBP2017-10: 1,547 GBP2017-11: 1,549 GBP2017-12: 1,546 GBP2018-01: 1,539 GBP2018-02: 1,534 GBP2018-03: 1,532 GBP2018-04: 1,537 GBP2018-05: 1,540 GBP2018-06: 1,543 GBP2018-07: 1,542 GBP2018-08: 1,545 GBP2018-09: 1,552 GBP2018-10: 1,559 GBP2018-11: 1,560 GBP2018-12: 1,557 GBP2019-01: 1,554 GBP2019-02: 1,558 GBP2019-03: 1,559 GBP2019-04: 1,564 GBP2019-05: 1,567 GBP2019-06: 1,565 GBP2019-07: 1,566 GBP2019-08: 1,564 GBP2019-09: 1,570 GBP2019-10: 1,573 GBP2019-11: 1,574 GBP2019-12: 1,573 GBP2020-01: 1,576 GBP2020-02: 1,595 GBP2020-03: 1,616 GBP2020-04: 1,632 GBP2020-05: 1,636 GBP2020-06: 1,638 GBP2020-07: 1,639 GBP2020-08: 1,640 GBP2020-09: 1,639 GBP2020-10: 1,638 GBP2020-11: 1,636 GBP2020-12: 1,636 GBP2021-01: 1,635 GBP2021-02: 1,633 GBP2021-03: 1,629 GBP2021-04: 1,618 GBP2021-05: 1,611 GBP2021-06: 1,604 GBP2021-07: 1,607 GBP2021-08: 1,610 GBP2021-09: 1,615 GBP2021-10: 1,619 GBP2021-11: 1,623 GBP2021-12: 1,627 GBP2022-01: 1,633 GBP2022-02: 1,638 GBP2022-03: 1,642 GBP2022-04: 1,647 GBP2022-05: 1,658 GBP2022-06: 1,674 GBP2022-07: 1,694 GBP2022-08: 1,711 GBP2022-09: 1,723 GBP2022-10: 1,728 GBP2022-11: 1,737 GBP2022-12: 1,748 GBP2023-01: 1,757 GBP2023-02: 1,760 GBP2023-03: 1,761 GBP2023-04: 1,769 GBP2023-05: 1,786 GBP2023-06: 1,802 GBP2023-07: 1,814 GBP2023-08: 1,814 GBP2023-09: 1,812 GBP2023-10: 1,807 GBP2023-11: 1,805 GBP2023-12: 1,809 GBP2024-01: 1,813 GBP2024-02: 1,844 GBP2024-03: 1,879 GBP2024-04: 1,916 GBP2024-05: 1,921 GBP2024-06: 1,919 GBP2024-07: 1,926 GBP2024-08: 1,940 GBP2024-09: 1,956 GBP2024-10: 1,965 GBP2024-11: 1,986 GBP2024-12: 2,007 GBP2025-01: 2,030 GBP2025-02: 2,040 GBP2025-03: 2,049 GBP2025-04: 2,052 GBP2025-05: 2,056 GBP2025-06: 2,058 GBP2025-07: 2,059 GBP2025-08: 2,061 GBP2025-09: 2,066 GBP2025-10: 2,072 GBP2025-11: 2,077 GBP2025-12: 2,080 GBP2026-01: 2,080 GBP2026-02: 2,079 GBP2026-03: 2,083 GBP2026-04: 2,097 GBP2026-05: 2,114 GBP2026-06: 2,134 GBP2026-07: 2,153 GBP2026-08: 2,172 GBP
GBP. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-16.
All 140 values
PeriodGBP
2026-082,172 Provisional
2026-072,153 Provisional
2026-062,134
2026-052,114
2026-042,097
2026-032,083
2026-022,079
2026-012,080
2025-122,080
2025-112,077
2025-102,072
2025-092,066
2025-082,061
2025-072,059
2025-062,058
2025-052,056
2025-042,052
2025-032,049
2025-022,040
2025-012,030
2024-122,007
2024-111,986
2024-101,965
2024-091,956
2024-081,940
2024-071,926
2024-061,919
2024-051,921
2024-041,916
2024-031,879
2024-021,844
2024-011,813
2023-121,809
2023-111,805
2023-101,807
2023-091,812
2023-081,814
2023-071,814
2023-061,802
2023-051,786
2023-041,769
2023-031,761
2023-021,760
2023-011,757
2022-121,748
2022-111,737
2022-101,728
2022-091,723
2022-081,711
2022-071,694
2022-061,674
2022-051,658
2022-041,647
2022-031,642
2022-021,638
2022-011,633
2021-121,627
2021-111,623
2021-101,619
2021-091,615
2021-081,610
2021-071,607
2021-061,604
2021-051,611
2021-041,618
2021-031,629
2021-021,633
2021-011,635
2020-121,636
2020-111,636
2020-101,638
2020-091,639
2020-081,640
2020-071,639
2020-061,638
2020-051,636
2020-041,632
2020-031,616
2020-021,595
2020-011,576
2019-121,573
2019-111,574
2019-101,573
2019-091,570
2019-081,564
2019-071,566
2019-061,565
2019-051,567
2019-041,564
2019-031,559
2019-021,558
2019-011,554
2018-121,557
2018-111,560
2018-101,559
2018-091,552
2018-081,545
2018-071,542
2018-061,543
2018-051,540
2018-041,537
2018-031,532
2018-021,534
2018-011,539
2017-121,546
2017-111,549
2017-101,547
2017-091,542
2017-081,541
2017-071,544
2017-061,550
2017-051,554
2017-041,557
2017-031,563
2017-021,566
2017-011,569
2016-121,567
2016-111,561
2016-101,556
2016-091,555
2016-081,556
2016-071,555
2016-061,548
2016-051,543
2016-041,543
2016-031,549
2016-021,548
2016-011,541
2015-121,525
2015-111,517
2015-101,506
2015-091,499
2015-081,481
2015-071,467
2015-061,460
2015-051,460
2015-041,462
2015-031,459
2015-021,453
2015-011,443

Compared with London and United Kingdom

PlaceAugust 2026
Merton2,172
London2,332
United Kingdom1,400

Definition

Average rent paid per calendar month for homes let by private landlords, in pounds sterling, from the Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) of the Office for National Statistics. It covers new and existing tenancies, all property sizes and types, and is built from administrative rent data. Not seasonally adjusted. United Kingdom, its nations and English regions, and local authorities in England and Wales.

Rents actually paid, including long-standing tenancies, so it is below the asking rents of new listings on property portals. Rounded to the nearest pound. Scotland figures are mainly advertised new lets and Northern Ireland figures are newly advertised lets, so the ONS advises caution when comparing them with England and Wales. For US median gross rent see median_gross_rent.

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Office for National Statistics. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS) (Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Merton, 2015-01 to 2026-08) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026

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Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS), Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Merton, 2015-01 to 2026-08. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 16 Sept. 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/merton-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Merton, 2015-01 to 2026-08. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/merton-uk.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS), Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Merton, 2015-01 to 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/merton-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton?

Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton was £2,172 in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 5.4% from August 2025.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Merton?

£2,172 in August 2026, the highest value since January 2015 in this series.

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