Renting in Kensington and Chelsea, in numbers.
Here's what the Kensington and Chelsea market says about what a home costs, how that changes with a bedroom, and what you get for the money.
Median rent
£3,250
a month, 30% above the London median
Typical two-bed
£3,879
the most common home here
Time on market
10 days
a quarter had gone within 10 days of us first seeing them; half within 23
Typical size
625 sq ft
where floor area is given
What a bedroom costs in Kensington and Chelsea.
Median asking rent, with the middle half of the market shown as a bar. Only sizes with enough listings to be worth a number appear.
Middle half of the marketMedian
What a budget reaches here
A median says what a size costs. This says how much of Kensington and Chelsea a figure actually reaches, measured against the same listings.
What Kensington and Chelsea asked, month by month.
Each listing counts once, in the month we first saw it, at the price it first asked. The latest month runs to 5 October 2026.
All sizesTwo-bed
| Month | Median rent, all sizes | Median rent, two-bed | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £3,250 | £3,848 | 385 |
| July 2026 | £3,146 | £3,800 | 358 |
| August 2026 | £3,250 | £4,000 | 241 |
| September 2026 | £2,817 | £3,500 | 315 |
| October 2026 | £3,225 | £3,684 | 536 |
Between 241 and 536 listings a month, inside the same price band as every other figure here.
Half of Kensington and Chelsea has gone by day 23.
Measured from the day we first saw a Kensington and Chelsea listing to the day it left the market, counting the ones still listed rather than only the ones already gone. A quarter had gone by day 10. Because we time from first sight rather than from the agent’s own listing date, the real figure is a little longer than this.
When the price moves, it usually moves down.
Of the price changes we've recorded in Kensington and Chelsea, 88% were reductions. Asking rents here soften after listing more often than they firm up, which is worth remembering before you treat the number in the ad as final.
When one does fall in Kensington and Chelsea, it typically drops 6.7%, or about £217 a month, usually within 38 days of us first seeing the listing. Across London the typical fall is 5.7% and takes about 31 days, so Kensington and Chelsea runs deeper than the London typical. Based on 212 reductions of 1% or more.
Kensington and Chelsea rents around these neighbourhoods.
The neighbourhoods around the stations that come up most often as the nearest one to a Kensington and Chelsea listing.
Also known as Kensington & Chelsea.
- South Kensington
Also known as High Street Kensington, Gloucester Road, Courtfield and Queen’s Gate. Postcodes SW7 and W8.
- Chelsea
Also known as Sloane Square, Chelsea Riverside, Royal Hospital and Stanley. Postcodes SW3 and SW10.
- Earl’s Court
Also known as Gloucester Road, Redcliffe and Courtfield. Postcodes SW5, SW10 and SW7.
Stations nearby: Fulham Broadway, Latimer Road.
These numbers come from Roost's own pipeline: Kensington and Chelsea listings gathered from estate agents across London between 8 March to 5 October 2026. Snapshot taken 5 October 2026.
It's what agents are marketing, not a census. It skews toward flats and toward the agents whose sites we watch, so it describes the market you'd actually meet while searching, not every home in Kensington and Chelsea. Medians throughout, because a handful of prime listings pull an average upward and tell you nothing about your search.
Rents below £500 or above £15,000 a month are set aside as data errors or ultra-prime outliers. Where a figure would rest on too few listings to trust, we leave it blank rather than guess.
Closest to Kensington and Chelsea.
The boroughs whose listings sit nearest Kensington and Chelsea, closest first. Worth a look if your search is really about somewhere rather than exactly here.
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