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Average 4+ Bedroom Rent in Brent 2026

A 4 or more bedroom property in Brent rents for an average of £3,058 per month as of September 2026, +4.3% on a year earlier. That is 94.4% of median local full-time pay.

Brent is the 16th cheapest of 32 London boroughs for this size. ONS figures for September 2026, published . Next update after the ONS release on .

What that costs relative to local pay

A 4 or more bedroom in Brent against what people living in Brent actually earn.

Monthly rent
£3,058
Median gross pay (2024)
£3,240
full-time, per month, before tax
Rent as a share of pay
94.4%
4.4 points below the London average
Severely stretched — a single full-time median earner would spend 94.4% of gross pay on rent alone.

How to read this. Earnings are gross — before tax and National Insurance — so the share of take-home pay is materially higher. The earnings figure is for 2024, the latest year GLA London Datastore publishes, while the rent figure is current; pay has risen since, so the true present-day ratio is somewhat lower than shown. Both are medians for people living in the area, not for jobs located there.

4+ Bedroom rent in Brent since 2015

£2,000£2,750£3,500£4,2502015201720192021202320252026£3,058
Average monthly private rent in Brent (4 or more bedroom), 2015–2026 (dashed line: London 4 or more bedroom average). Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
Past year
+4.3%
Past 5 years
+33.7%
£2,288 → £3,058
Past 10 years
+31.4%
£2,328 → £3,058

Year-by-year figures

Average monthly rent for a 4 or more bedroom in Brent, by year (ONS Price Index of Private Rents)
YearAverage 4+ bed rent
2015£2,207
2016£2,328
2017£2,310
2018£2,314
2019£2,258
2020£2,269
2021£2,288
2022£2,359
2023£2,602
2024£3,241
2025£2,941
2026£3,058

The step up from a one-bed in Brent

A 4 or more bedroom in Brent costs 93.8% more than a one-bed here, against 107.2% across London as a whole. Trading up is a gentler jump here than the London norm, which can make Brent better value for sharers and families than its headline rent suggests.

What is actually available in Brent right now

3 live 4+ bed listings on FTR London, median asking rent £835.

Other property sizes in Brent

4+ Bedroom rent across every London borough

Cheapest first, September 2026.

Average monthly rent for a 4 or more bedroom property by London borough, September 2026
#Borough4+ bed rentYear on year
1Bexley£2,430+1.4%
2Havering£2,499+0.8%
3Sutton£2,513+2.8%
4Barking and Dagenham£2,523+2.3%
5Waltham Forest£2,579+2.2%
6Hillingdon£2,654+3.3%
7Croydon£2,674+3%
8Newham£2,677+3.2%
9Lewisham£2,719+1.9%
10Redbridge£2,724+1.9%
11Harrow£2,795+2.6%
12Enfield£2,817+5.1%
13Kingston upon Thames£2,852−0.8%
14Bromley£2,943+3%
15Greenwich£3,006+6%
16Brentyou are here£3,058+4.3%
17Hounslow£3,093+3.1%
18Haringey£3,196+1.1%
19Barnet£3,199+2.6%
20Merton£3,281+4.9%
21Ealing£3,316+3.4%
22Tower Hamlets£3,390+3.7%
23Southwark£3,670+7.3%
24Hackney£3,686+3.7%
25Lambeth£3,734+3%
26Wandsworth£3,828+3.4%
27Richmond upon Thames£3,936+4.8%
28Camden£3,986+0.6%
29Hammersmith and Fulham£4,234+4.3%
30Islington£4,253+6.4%
31Westminster£5,447−1.1%
32Kensington and Chelsea£5,728+2.7%

Common questions

How much is a 4 or more bedroom in Brent?

A 4 or more bedroom property in Brent rents for an average of £3,058 per month as of September 2026, according to the ONS Price Index of Private Rents — +4.3% compared with a year earlier.

Is a 4 or more bedroom in Brent affordable on a local salary?

At £3,058 a month against median gross full-time pay of £3,240 for people living in Brent, rent takes 94.4% of gross earnings. The commonly used affordability guideline is 30%. Note that earnings are before tax and National Insurance, and the earnings figure is for 2024.

How much has 4 or more bedroom rent risen in Brent?

A 4 or more bedroom in Brent has gone from £2,288 in 2021 to £3,058 today — up £770 a month, or 33.7%, in five years.

Is a 4 or more bedroom in Brent cheaper than the London average?

Yes. It costs £597 a month less than the London average of £3,655, making Brent the 16th cheapest borough for this size (September 2026).

See what £3,058 actually gets you

Averages are a starting point. Browse what is genuinely available now, listed directly by their landlords.

Earnings data: GLA London Datastore — Earnings by Place of Residence, Borough (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings). Median gross full-time weekly pay, by place of residence, 2024. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.