Student rent in Bristol by area

Updated 21 October 2026

In the 30 days to 21 October 2026, a room in a Bristol student house share had a median asking rent of £178 a week, about £771 a month. Half of rooms were between £160 and £196 a week. These figures come from the 1,080 listings Housenote found on 24 letting agent and property websites.

Rent by area

A typical room in a shared house of three or more bedrooms, per person, dearest first.

Area	Typical room	Per month	Middle half	Rooms listed
Hotwells	£235 pw	£1,018	£196–£260	13
City Centre	£185 pw	£802	£179–£204	89
Montpelier	£185 pw	£802	£167–£219	31
Bedminster	£185 pw	£802	£162–£190	19
Filton	£184 pw	£797	£163–£207	84
Clifton	£182 pw	£789	£172–£204	55
Easton	£181 pw	£784	£153–£194	13
Bishopston	£180 pw	£780	£158–£205	15
Cotham	£177 pw	£767	£164–£226	9
Horfield	£157 pw	£680	£139–£185	57
Fishponds	£155 pw	£672	£138–£185	46

Redland had only 7 rooms in shares listed, too few for a figure. Kingsdown listings are counted under Cotham and the City Centre.

Cheapest and most expensive areas

Fishponds had the lowest typical room at £155 a week, and Hotwells the highest at £235. That is £80 a week apart, about £347 a month.

Does a bigger house cost less per person?

No. A room in a 7+ bedroom house had a median of £182 a week, against £173 in a 3 bedroom house.

Bedrooms	Typical room	Per month	Rooms listed
3	£173 pw	£750	121
4	£170 pw	£737	157
5	£179 pw	£776	97
6	£180 pw	£780	198
7+	£182 pw	£789	114

Bills included or not

49% of the listings that said either way included bills in the rent. Rooms in shares with bills included had a median asking rent of £184 a week, against £172 where bills were extra: £12 a week more, about £52 a month. Part of that gap is down to which houses and areas include bills, so it is not the price of the bills alone.

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How these figures work

Asking rents per person from the listings Housenote found between 21 September and 21 October 2026.
A room in a share is a listing with three or more bedrooms. Typical means the median: half of rooms cost more, half less. The middle half is the range the middle 50% of rooms fell in.
Listings under £350 or over £1,300 per person a month are left out as whole-property or mistyped prices.
An area needs at least 8 rooms in shares listed to get a figure.
Monthly figures are the weekly rent × 52 ÷ 12.
Areas follow the wards the Housenote app groups listings by. Each area page lists its wards.

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Questions

How much is student rent in Bristol?

In the 30 days to 21 October 2026, a room in a Bristol student house share had a median asking rent of £178 a week, about £771 a month. Half of rooms were between £160 and £196 a week.

What is the cheapest student area in Bristol?

Fishponds, where a room in a shared house had a median asking rent of £155 a week in the 30 days to 21 October 2026.

What is the most expensive student area in Bristol?

Hotwells, where a room in a shared house had a median asking rent of £235 a week in the 30 days to 21 October 2026.

Are bills included in Bristol student rents?

49% of the Bristol listings that said either way included bills in the rent, in the 30 days to 21 October 2026.

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