House keys and bills

It’s no secret that renters in the UK have been struggling – average rent rocketed up by 8.7% in the 13 months to January 2025, only slightly down from 2024′s record-beating 9.1% increase seen in 2024.

But according to data from flatshare site SpareRoom, women are more likely to be “rent burdened” (spending more than 30% of their income on rent) than men.

Per a 2025 survey conducted by the rent platform, 79% of women spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on rent compared to 69% for men.

And while 31% of women spend more than half of their net income on rent in this survey, only 20% of men said the same.

SpareRoom’s Ella Chisholm commented: “The gender pay gap puts women at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to meeting the........

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