Where are the highest rental yields in Yorkshire and The Humber?

Kingston upon Hull, City of has the highest average gross rental yield in Yorkshire and The Humber at 6.1%, from an average price of £135,511 and rent of £694 a month. It ranks 10 of 316 areas across England and Wales.

What is a typical rental yield in Yorkshire and The Humber?

The median gross yield across the 15 council areas in Yorkshire and The Humber is 4.8%, compared with 4.4% across England and Wales.

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Rental yields in Yorkshire and The Humber

Yorkshire and The Humber has 15 council areas and a typical gross rental yield of 4.8%, above the 4.4% median across England and Wales. Yields run from 3.8% in North Yorkshire to 6.1% in Kingston upon Hull, City of. The typical area here has an average price of £191,496 and an average rent of £745 a month.

Highest (Kingston upon Hull, City of)

6.1%

Typical (median)

4.8%

Lowest (North Yorkshire)

3.8%

All 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber, ranked

AreaYieldAvg price

1.Kingston upon Hull, City of6.1%£135,511 2.Leeds5.5%£247,695 3.North East Lincolnshire5.2%£147,727 4.Sheffield5.1%£219,713 5.Bradford4.9%£182,766 6.Wakefield4.9%£199,347 7.Barnsley4.8%£175,537 8.Doncaster4.8%£172,305 9.Calderdale4.7%£191,385 10.York4.6%£310,781 11.Kirklees4.5%£208,987 12.North Lincolnshire4.4%£179,954 13.Rotherham4.3%£191,496 14.East Riding of Yorkshire3.9%£220,408 15.North Yorkshire3.8%£270,463

Gross yield = annual rent divided by average price. Tap any area for prices, rents by bedroom count, council tax, tenure and Article 4 data.

3 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber have Article 4 areas restricting HMO conversions in the national planning dataset: Leeds, Doncaster, York. Inside those areas, turning a family home into a small HMO needs full planning permission. See the Article 4 report.

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Average price: HM Land Registry UK HPI (July 2026). Average rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026). Regions: ONS. Local-authority averages across all property types, indicative only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not investment advice.