Version: 1.0.8 | Published: 19 May 2026 | Updated: 33 days ago
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals and Postal Redirections [Controlled]
Dataset
Summary
Short Description:
Snapshots of >5.9 million Zoopla rental property listings for >2.9 million
properties in England and Wales from 2014 to 2024 inclusive, augmented with
proxy migration data in the form of >630k Royal Mail postal redirection records.
DOI Name:
Data Citation:
“WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals and Postal Redirections [Controlled]” . Data
asset provided by the Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service (ES/Z504336/1).
DOI:10.82147/007
Tier:
Tier 3
Access Type:
Secure
Theme:
- Sustainability
- Place
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Snapshots of >5.9 million Zoopla rental property listings for >2.9 million properties in England and Wales from 2014 to 2024 inclusive, augmented with proxy migration data in the form of >630k Royal Mail postal redirection records. The WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals dataset refreshes and updates yearly with a new batch of snapshots, capturing the present state of the rental property market in England and Wales and uniting these with historic snapshots taken over the last decade. The data that make this possible are sourced from our data partner, WhenFresh by PriceHubble.
Users can explore the rental property market in England and Wales and population migration using the three relational tables included in this dataset: properties (containing the addresses/postcodes of properties that are/have been on the rental market); listings (containing snapshots of the details in the rental property listings, e.g., the listed property type, listed property characteristics, advertised rent, etc.); and postal_redirections (containing postal redirection request dates and origin/destination postcodes).
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This Controlled version of the WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals dataset includes sensitive proxy migration information (note: access to HASP Controlled Data is subject to stringent application criteria and the data are only accessible via a secure/trusted research environment). Users who do not require this supplementary information may, instead, apply for access to the WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals [Safeguarded] dataset in order to be able to download and work with these data locally (i.e., on their own machine).
For a full list of tables and columns/fields included in this dataset, please see the Data Dictionary in the menu on the left hand side.
Is Part Of:
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals & Transactions
How Published:
Data asset refreshed and provided by the Healthy & Sustainable Places Data
Service (ES/Z504336/1); originally provided by the CDRC (ES/L011840/1;
ES/L011891/1).
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Units:
Postcode - Unit Postcodes
Spatial Coverage:
England & Wales
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2014
End Date:
31 December 2024
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Date of Latest Release:
18 May 2026
Geographic Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitude:
49.9
Lower Left Longitude:
-5.5
Upper Right Latitude:
55.8
Upper Right Longitude:
1.8
Provenance
Purpose:
Data were originally collected for operational purposes by the Data Partner.
Collection Situation:
N/A
Collection Status:
Complete
Method of Collection:
Data were derived from rental property listings on the property search website
Zoopla, and linked to information on migration sourced from Royal Mail postal
redirection records and HM Land Registry transactions.
Access and Governance
Usage
Resource Creator:
Dr. Conor D. Rankine (orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-847X)
Data Use Limitations:
A named delegate from the Data Partner will be contacted by the HASP Research
Approvals Group (RAG) to represent the Data Partner's position in the approval
process for use of HASP Safeguarded Data.
Data Use Requirements:
DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Access
Access Service:
Any User of HASP Safeguarded Data will have to complete appropriate (as determined by HASP) Safe Researcher Training before access to the Data is granted. Outputs created by the User from HASP Safeguarded Data are not checked/approved by HASP as analyses are carried out on the User’s own machine(s), although they are nonetheless governed by the terms under which the projects were agreed/approved.
Jurisdiction:
Great Britain
Data Controller:
WhenFresh; Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service
Availability Status:
Active
Licence:
This dataset is categorised as Controlled, and access is only granted upon
successful application. Applications will be assessed on their ability to
demonstrate that the proposed research is aligned with the goals of the HASP
Data Service, i.e., it benefits social science researchers, businesses,
government, or society at large. The proposed research must not be conducted for
commercial gain or profit-making purposes.
Format and Standards
Language:
English
File Format:
- Comma-Separated Value (.csv).
- Parquet
Estimated Dataset Size:
1GB-5GB