What a home costs, council by council
Rent plus council tax, energy, water and the other bills, for the 30 councils with the most people. The calculator works for any council.
Estimate · figures checked 18 Oct 2026 · guidance, not advice · sources
Barnet
Two-bed £2,226 a month with bills · one-bed £1,791
Birmingham
Two-bed £1,404 a month with bills · one-bed £1,159
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Two-bed £1,574 a month with bills · one-bed £1,250
Bradford
Two-bed £1,081 a month with bills · one-bed £884
Bristol
Two-bed £1,980 a month with bills · one-bed £1,581
Buckinghamshire
Two-bed £1,720 a month with bills · one-bed £1,357
Cardiff
Two-bed £1,467 a month with bills · one-bed £1,225
Cheshire East
Two-bed £1,319 a month with bills · one-bed £1,043
Cheshire West and Chester
Two-bed £1,341 a month with bills · one-bed £1,076
Cornwall
Two-bed £1,314 a month with bills · one-bed £1,046
County Durham
Two-bed £998 a month with bills · one-bed £799
Croydon
Two-bed £1,990 a month with bills · one-bed £1,593
Dorset
Two-bed £1,410 a month with bills · one-bed £1,094
Ealing
Two-bed £2,410 a month with bills · one-bed £1,926
Edinburgh
Two-bed £1,671 a month with bills · one-bed £1,312
Fife
Two-bed £1,080 a month with bills · one-bed £832
Glasgow
Two-bed £1,442 a month with bills · one-bed £1,125
Kirklees
Two-bed £1,125 a month with bills · one-bed £924
Leeds
Two-bed £1,375 a month with bills · one-bed £1,112
Leicester
Two-bed £1,304 a month with bills · one-bed £1,053
Liverpool
Two-bed £1,277 a month with bills · one-bed £1,047
Manchester
Two-bed £1,633 a month with bills · one-bed £1,333
Newham
Two-bed £2,353 a month with bills · one-bed £1,914
North Northamptonshire
Two-bed £1,288 a month with bills · one-bed £1,001
North Yorkshire
Two-bed £1,190 a month with bills · one-bed £940
Sheffield
Two-bed £1,258 a month with bills · one-bed £1,034
Somerset
Two-bed £1,341 a month with bills · one-bed £1,044
Wakefield
Two-bed £1,127 a month with bills · one-bed £907
West Northamptonshire
Two-bed £1,365 a month with bills · one-bed £1,074
Wiltshire
Two-bed £1,400 a month with bills · one-bed £1,099