Renting in Ayr
Median asking rent · all sizes · 75 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ayr is £725 a month, from 75 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 23 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £750/moasking · 34 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 12 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Ayr by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ayr, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Ayr
Ayr currently has 81 rental listings on the property sites we track, 75 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ayr is £725 a month, from 75 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 3 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 27% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £600 a month in KA8 (19 live listings) to £1,195 in KA7 (29 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Ayr (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Ayr, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Ayr is £600 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 23 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Ayr is £750 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 34 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Ayr is £1,200 a month, 66% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Ayr is £642 a month, up 1.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+1.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+23%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Property types
66% of listings
24% of listings
8% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 26% of the 19 houses currently advertised in Ayr.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 51 live listings in 3 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Ayr, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ayr, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
3 homes came onto the Ayr rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
84d Northfield Avenue, Ayr, KA8 9AW
3 bed semi-detached house
Hayhill, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
1 bed flat/apartment
Main Street,Ayr,KA8
1 bed flat/apartment
Oswald Court, South Ayrshire KA8
1 bed flat/apartment
North Harbour Street, South Ayrshire KA8
2 bed flat/apartment
Sandgate, Ayr, KA7
2 bed flat/apartment
Thornyflat Place, Ayr KA8
1 bed flat/apartment
West Sanquhar Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
3 bed detached house
Pemberton Valley, Ayr, Ayrshire, KA7
1 bed flat/apartment
North Harbour Street, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
1 bed property
Glendale Crescent, Ayr, South Ayrshire
2 bed flat/apartment
Taylor Street, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Sandgate, KA7
2 bed flat/apartment
Sandgate, Ayr, KA7
1 bed flat/apartment
Oswald Court, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
2 bed flat/apartment
Crown Street, Ayr, KA8 8AG
1 bed flat/apartment
Prestwick Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA8
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Burnbank Road, KA7
3 bed house
3 bed terraced house
Burnbank Road, Ayr, KA7
2 bed detached house
Auchenbeg Crescent, Ayr KA7
3 bed terraced house
Burnbank Road, Ayr, KA7
2 bed room
3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Flat, Victoria Street, KA8
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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
69% of Ayr premises can already get full-fibre and 81% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
69%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
81%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
437 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (South Ayrshire), July 2025, covering 57,588 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Ayr is £725 a month, from 75 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Ayr is £600 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 23 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Ayr is £750 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 34 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Ayr is £1,200 a month, 66% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 81 rental properties available in Ayr, with 3 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across Scotland
How Ayr compares with the other 17 places we track in Scotland — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Scotland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/ayr, updated 28 October 2026.
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