Mit einer monatlichen Miete von 1.000 £ können Sie 349 Gebiete im Vereinigten Königreich durchqueren [OC]
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Mit einer monatlichen Miete von 1.000 £ können Sie 349 Gebiete im Vereinigten Königreich durchqueren [OC]
Von LiveWhereUK
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**Source:** ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), March 2026 – covers median private rents by bedroom count for every local authority in England and Wales, plus Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland.
**Methodology:** For each of the 349 areas with complete rent data, I checked the median monthly rent at each bedroom count (1-bed, 2-bed, 3-bed, 4+ bed) and found the largest property you could afford for £1,000/month or less. 26 areas were excluded due to missing data, mostly recently reorganised local authorities.
**Categories:**
* 4+ bed: median 4+ bedroom rent is £1,000 or under (11 areas)
* 3 bed: 4+ bed is over £1,000 but 3-bed is under (130 areas)
* 2 bed: only a 2-bed fits the budget (67 areas)
* 1 bed: only a 1-bed fits (59 areas)
* Nothing: even a 1-bed exceeds £1,000 (82 areas — all but one in London or the South East)
**Personal note:** I rented a 4-bed houseshare in Cardiff in 2012 for £1,000/month — £250 each. Today the median 4-bed in Cardiff is £1,680 and even a 1-bed is £894. That gap is what got me interested in building this.
**Tools:** Python, matplotlib. Data processed from ONS Excel releases into JSON, chart built with matplotlib.
I’ve been building a site that compares the real cost of living across every UK area using official government data – rent, council tax, energy, water, earnings, the lot. It’s at [livewhere.co.uk](https://livewhere.co.uk) if anyone wants to dig into specific areas or compare two places side by side. I’ve made lots of changes after this community provided such great feedback after my last post – thank you!
Go on Rightmove, search rental properties in Hartlepool, set upper price limit to £900 and 4 bed min and this is what shows up:
[https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/find.html?searchLocation=Hartlepool&useLocationIdentifier=true&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E601&maxPrice=900&minBedrooms=4&radius=0.0&_includeLetAgreed=on](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/find.html?searchLocation=Hartlepool&useLocationIdentifier=true&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E601&maxPrice=900&minBedrooms=4&radius=0.0&_includeLetAgreed=on)
5 properties, all individual rooms in a HMO.
Cheapest 4 bed house within 3 miles of Hartlepool is £1650, twice the price shown in this graph.
Is it a standard to measure houses with the number of beds? I would have used sqm
I am from Blackburn, which is in Hyndburn. If you work full time on minimum wage and have a partner working full time in minimum wage, you’ve got a decent life if you live within your means.
Pretty useless graph if you’re just going to have a variety of different areas in London for the most expensive places to live.
London is expensive, who knew?
This is really pedantic, but I keep seeing posts that say „UK“ when they mean „GB“ because they exclude NI. There are 4 nations in the UK.
Live in hartlepool and neighbours to southerners. They’re taking over. Don’t come here, please.