Rent Evidence Pack · Epping Forest

Average Private Rent in Epping Forest

Official statistics · June 2026
Average monthly rent
£1,843
12-month change
+5.9%

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 Epping Forest, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in Epping Forest averages £1,229 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,879 — a spread of £1,650 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £1,843, the Epping Forest figure sits above the East of England average of £1,281 and above the England average of £1,446.

Over the 24 months to June 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £1,843, up from £1,593 in July 2024.

The Epping Forest Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in Epping Forest by bedroom category, June 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £1,229+6.5%
2 bed £1,583+6.1%
3 bed £1,939+6.1%
4+ bed £2,879+5.0%

24-month trend

July 2024£1,593June 2026£1,843

Average monthly rent in Epping Forest, all property sizes: £1,593 in July 2024 to £1,843 in June 2026.

How Epping Forest compares

Average monthly private rent, Epping Forest against its region and England, June 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
Epping Forest £1,843+5.9%
East of England £1,281+3.3%
England £1,446+3.4%

Sources — every figure on this page

  • Epping Forest average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Epping Forest 12-month change — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Epping Forest, 1 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Epping Forest, 2 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Epping Forest, 3 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Epping Forest, 4+ bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • East of England average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • England average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 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 ↗

See Epping Forest’s gross rental yield and national rank — the UKPP Rental Yield Index covers every English local authority ↗

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