per person, per week
N=65Exeter
Student Rent
Index 2027/28
A first-party record of the Gillams Properties portfolio’s recorded pricing, presented for students making decisions and for anyone who needs a source they can inspect.
What Gillams’ current 2027/28 portfolio listings show.
The recorded pricing sample contains N=65 visible 2027/28 properties with recorded per-person pricing; no estimated rents are used. Scope: City Centre, Heavitree, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, St Davids, St Leonard's, Exeter, within the Gillams Properties portfolio.
Headline figures measuredas at
per person, per week
Recorded range £147 – £248average per person, per week
N=65 paired pricesOnly an explicit current 2027/28 “available” status is counted.
Rent by area.
Current 2027/28 recorded pricing grouped by property area. Amounts are rent-only per person per week.
| Area | Average | Median | Range | N | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | £175 | £175 | £147 – £198 | 6 | 6 |
| City Centre | £204 | £209 | £180 – £242 | 11 | 11 |
| Pennsylvania | £217 | £220 | £170 – £248 | 42 | 40 |
| St Davids | Insufficient current evidence | 3 | 3 | ||
| Heavitree | Insufficient current evidence | 1 | 1 | ||
Rent by house size.
Current 2027/28 recorded pricing grouped by recorded bedroom count.
A source worth quoting.
These figures may be reproduced with attribution to Gillams Properties.
- Average rent-only: £207 pppw, as at 4 October 2026, from 65 currently listed properties
- Median rent-only: £215 pppw
- Recorded range: £147 – £248 pppw
- Available now: 63
- Recorded paired bills premium: +£27 pppw (N=65)
- Scope: City Centre, Heavitree, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, St Davids, St Leonard's, Exeter, within the Gillams Properties portfolio
- As at: 4 October 2026
Recorded change over time.
Historical movement unavailable. A comparison is shown only when both current and historical recorded rent samples contain at least N=5 and the historical observations have a recorded evidence date. No authoritative dated financial history is recorded.
Methodology.
This edition describes only the current 2027/28 Gillams Properties portfolio pricing dataset.
- Dataset: Gillams Properties portfolio records assigned to the 2027/28 marketing year that meet the current Rent Index inclusion rules
- Scope: City Centre, Heavitree, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, St Davids, St Leonard's, Exeter, within the Gillams Properties portfolio
- Pricing sample: N=65 records with a positive recorded per-person rent-only price
- Availability: Only properties with an explicit current status of “available” are counted as available; unknown statuses are excluded
- Premium: Inclusive minus exclusive only for the same property where both prices are recorded
- As at: 4 October 2026
- Small scopes: Medians and associated numeric summaries require N≥5; otherwise “Insufficient current evidence” is shown
- Rounding: Displayed weekly monetary amounts are rounded to the nearest whole pound; calculations retain source precision
Cite the current dataset.
Gillams Properties. “Exeter Student Rent Index 2027/28.” Gillams Properties portfolio current recorded pricing dataset. Scope: City Centre, Heavitree, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, St Davids, St Leonard's, Exeter, within the Gillams Properties portfolio. As at: 4 October 2026. https://www.gillams-properties.co.uk/student-accommodation/exeter/rent-indexThis citation refers only to the 2027/28 current Gillams Properties portfolio dataset, not the wider Exeter market. You may reuse its statistics with attribution.
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