Rents and house prices growing faster in Swindon than the South West
It costs less on average to buy or rent a home in Swindon than it does in the South West, or the rest of England
Last updated 25th Nov 2025
It costs less on average to buy or rent a home in Swindon than it does in the South West, or the rest of England.
But while house buyers will notice that prices are rising slightly faster than the rest of the region, the real pain will be felt by renters who are seeing average rents rise much quicker.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show in September 2025 the average price paid for a house in Swindon was £261,00 – that’s compared to £307,000 paid for the average home sold in the South West in the same period.
And prices in both Swindon and the South West are rising broadly in line with each other: the average inflation in house prices in Swindon for the 12 months to October 2025 was 1.84 per cent, compared to 1.67 per cent in the South West as a whole.
Prospective buyers in the borough will be pleased that it doesn’t approach the 2.9 per cent average monthly inflation experienced across England as a whole.
An interesting wrinkle is that price increases, or indeed, drops, depend on the type of property.
The ONS said: “In the year to September 2025, the average price for semi-detached properties in Swindon rose by 2.1 per cent, while the average price for flats decreased by 3.1 per cent.”
Detached house prices increased by 0.5 per cent but terraced house prices also dropped, marginally, by 0.1 per cent.
The drop in the price of flats in Swindon over a year may reflect an increased supply with developers turning empty or little-used office blocks, particularly near the town centre, into flats.
There was no such drop in prices at all for those renting their home privately.
The average monthly private rent in Swindon was £1,059 in October 2025. This was an increase from £1,001 in October 2024, a 5.7 per cent rise.
Across the South West, the average monthly rent was £1,214, up from £1,146 a year earlier, which equates to a five per cent rise over the previous 12 months.
One-bedroom flats and houses saw the highest rate of rent inflating – in October, the growth in rents was 8.4 per cent compared to the previous October, which dropped to 6.1 per cent for two-bed properties, 5.7 per cent for three-bed homes and 4.7 per cent for flats or houses with four bedrooms or more.
Despite this growth, Swindon remains one of the more affordable places to rent in the South West, with the ONS giving it a rating of 24.4 in 2024, compared to an affordability threshold of above 30.
Wiltshire’s rating was 26.6, and Bristol’s was the highest in the region at 44.6.
Figures were calculated by median rent to median pay in the differing areas.