Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Adur (July 2026)
The average private rent in Adur is £1,399 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £380,031 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.4%, ranked 164 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Adur
The average private rent across all property types is £1,399 a month (+3.0% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South East is £1,355.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £992 | £11,904 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,289 | £15,468 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,593 | £19,116 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,061 | £24,732 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Adur: one to two bedrooms adds 29.9% to the rent, two to three adds 23.6% and three to four-plus adds 29.4% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is one to two bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Adur
The average price paid is £380,031 (+1.8% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £638,944 |
| Semi-detached | £445,705 |
| Terraced | £366,849 |
| Flat | £215,318 |
Rents and prices moved together in Adur — +3% and +1.8% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Adur ranks 210th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 201st of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Adur
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £1,289 | £215,318 | 7.2% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,593 | £366,849 | 5.2% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,593 | £445,705 | 4.3% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £2,061 | £638,944 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Adur is on flats at 7.2%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 4.4% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 164 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.3%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £41,970 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 48% of EPCs lodged in Adur over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 40% at D (EPC ratings in Adur).
- Council tax: Band D in Adur is £2,548 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Adur).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £1,399 supports a loan of about £210,508, which is 55.4% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Adur
- Yield calculator with £380,031 and £1,399 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,399 a month
- Rental income tax on £16,788 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South East
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woking | £1,619 | £433,790 | 4.5% | −1.7% |
| Dover | £1,029 | £276,234 | 4.5% | +9.7% |
| Swale | £1,103 | £298,394 | 4.4% | +0.9% |
| Bracknell Forest | £1,456 | £396,103 | 4.4% | +1.8% |
| Maidstone | £1,293 | £352,191 | 4.4% | +3.3% |
| Cherwell | £1,294 | £353,632 | 4.4% | +1.4% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Adur · EPC ratings in Adur.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
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£1,399 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 3.0% on a year earlier.
£380,031 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.4% gross on the averages — £1,399 rent against a £380,031 price — ranking 164 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 7.2% gross (£1,289 rent on a £215,318 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +3% against prices +1.8% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £41,970 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Adur
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all BN postcodes.