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Average Rent in Bromley 2026

The average monthly private rent in Bromley is £1,684 as of August 2026, +2.7% on a year earlier. That is £648 a month below the London average of £2,332.

Bromley is the 6th cheapest of London’s 32 boroughs with published data. Updated 2026-09-18.

What that costs relative to local pay

A home of any size in Bromley against what people living in Bromley actually earn.

Monthly rent
£1,684
Median gross pay (2024)
£4,152
full-time, per month, before tax
Rent as a share of pay
40.6%
22.5 points below the London average
Stretched — a single full-time median earner would spend 40.6% 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.

Bromley rent by bedroom count

Bromley rent by property type

Average monthly rent by property type in Bromley, August 2026
Property typeAverage monthly rent
Flat or maisonette£1,511
Terraced house£1,913
Semi-detached house£2,159
Detached house£2,897

How Bromley rent has changed

£1,000£1,500£2,000£2,5002015201720192021202320252026£1,684
Average monthly private rent in Bromley, 20152026 (dashed line: London average). Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
View the year-by-year figures as a table
Average monthly rent in Bromley by year
YearAverage monthly rent
2015£1,190
2016£1,229
2017£1,236
2018£1,247
2019£1,246
2020£1,290
2021£1,329
2022£1,384
2023£1,485
2024£1,591
2025£1,652
2026£1,684

Boroughs priced near Bromley

Common questions

What is the average rent in Bromley?

The average monthly private rent in Bromley is £1,684 as of August 2026, according to the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. That is +2.7% compared with a year earlier.

Is Bromley cheaper than the London average?

Yes. Bromley is £648 a month cheaper than the London average of £2,332, making it the 6th cheapest of London's 32 boroughs (August 2026).

Is rent in Bromley affordable on a local salary?

Average rent in Bromley is £1,684 a month against median gross full-time pay of £4,152 for people living there, so rent takes 40.6% of gross earnings. The commonly used guideline is 30%. Earnings are before tax and are for 2024.

How much is a one-bedroom flat in Bromley?

A one-bedroom property in Bromley rents for an average of £1,312 per month, and a two-bedroom for £1,641 (August 2026, ONS).

How much has rent risen in Bromley?

Average rent in Bromley has gone from £1,293 to £1,684 since 2021 — up £391 a month, or 30.2%.

Rentals available in Bromley

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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.