Student accommodation to rent

Student accommodation can vary in style widely from on-campus living in communal corridors provided by the institution often great fun for first year university students to private blocks of flats or 3 or more bedroom houses that are let out in student areas on the open market. Price is often a key issue for students, as well as proximity to their place of study and the ability to be near friends.


In recent years, large groups like Unite have sprung up that offer purpose-built or converted blocks of studios or other small units on the open market, catering for students' desire to live centrally and frugally, around other students. These blocks, like university digs, will often have shared facilities like laundry rooms, study rooms and common room areas.

14% of current homes to rent have 2 bedrooms, whereas 14% have 3 bedrooms.

The average rental value for UK student accommodation is currently £1,008, 30% lower than the national average value for all homes which is £1,421.

56% of the live rental properties are houses, however 44% of them are flats.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 1.02, suggesting that demand for student accommodation to rent in UK is increasing.

213 new property listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 536 in the last 72 hours and 1,226 in the last week.