Renting in Barnsley
Median asking rent · all sizes · 672 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Barnsley before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Barnsley is £775 a month, from 672 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 128 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £750/moasking · 301 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £850/moasking · 186 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,373/moasking · 42 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £498/moasking · 44 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 Barnsley by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/barnsley, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Barnsley
Barnsley currently has 716 rental listings on the property sites we track, 672 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Barnsley is £775 a month, from 672 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 76 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 71% 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 £725 a month in S73 (57 live listings) to £868 in S75 (50 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Barnsley (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 Barnsley, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Barnsley is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Barnsley is £750 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 301 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Barnsley is £850 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Barnsley is £1,373 a month, 77% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 42 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Barnsley is £498 a month, from 44 live listings (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 Barnsley is £697 a month, up 7.2% 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
+7.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+38%
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
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Barnsley spend an estimated 27% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,359/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
27%
Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.
Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials. How we measure this
Property types
27% of listings
65% of listings
7% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 65% of the 417 houses currently advertised in Barnsley.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 534 live listings in 7 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 Barnsley, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/barnsley, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Barnsley
Live signal across 716 Barnsley rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
81%
of 170 Barnsley listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
77%
of 178 Barnsley listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
76 homes came onto the Barnsley rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Wombwell Lane, S70
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed End Terrace, Carlton Road, S71
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Tower Street, S70
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Bank Street, S70
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Leopold St, S70
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Wharncliffe St, S70
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Windsor Court, S70
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Regent Street, S70
2 bed flat/apartment
Wells Court, Mapplewell, Barnsley
2 bed flat/apartment
Bellmer Close, Monk Bretton, Barnsley S71
3 bed terraced house
Wombwell Lane, Barnsley S70
2 bed flat/apartment
Regent Street, Barnsley, S70
2 bed terraced house
Cranbrook Street, Barnsley
2 bed terraced house
St. Barts Terrace, Barnsley
1 bed flat/apartment
Dodworth Road, Barnsley
2 bed terraced house
Tower Street, Barnsley, S70
3 bed terraced house
Carlton Road, Barnsley, S71
3 bed terraced house
Hough Lane, Wombwell
2 bed terraced house
Leopold St, Barnsley, S70
4 bed property
St. Pauls Way, Barnsley, S75
2 bed flat/apartment
Kingfisher Drive, Wombwell
2 bed terraced house
Leslie Road, Barnsley S70
1 bed flat/apartment
Park Road, Worsborough, S70
1 bed flat/apartment
Park Grove, Park Avenue Court Park Grove, S70
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Barnsley. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Barnsley homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 115,080 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.92
≈ Band A–B
Stock
115k
115,080 properties
Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
83% of Barnsley premises can already get full-fibre and 89% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
83%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
89%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
464 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Barnsley), July 2025, covering 114,636 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
42% of Barnsley homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.
Bands A–C
42%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
58%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
98k
98,239 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Barnsley. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Barnsley centroid. The five closest:
Queens Road Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · S71 1AR
Shawlands Primary School
Primary · Community school · S70 6JL
Joseph Locke Primary School
Primary · Community school · S70 6JL
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · S70 6JL
Oakwell Rise Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · S70 1TS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Barnsley centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Barnsley has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 70 of 70 postcode districts analysed, the median was 209 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Barnsley is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Barnsley’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
Area breakdown
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (58) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (58) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (38) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (40) · pop. ~9,000
Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Barnsley is £775 a month, from 672 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Barnsley is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Barnsley is £750 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 301 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Barnsley is £850 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Barnsley is £1,373 a month, 77% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 42 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Barnsley is £498 a month, from 44 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 716 rental properties available in Barnsley, with 76 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Barnsley has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 209 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Barnsley is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Barnsley compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/barnsley, updated 28 October 2026.
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