Renting in Bolton
Median asking rent · all sizes · 773 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Bolton before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bolton is £900 a month, from 773 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £700/moasking · 189 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £895/moasking · 292 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,100/moasking · 170 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,500/moasking · 89 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 74 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 Bolton by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bolton, updated 30 October 2026.
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Renting in Bolton
Bolton currently has 847 rental listings on the property sites we track, 773 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bolton is £900 a month, from 773 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 96 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 61% 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 £825 a month in BL78 (9 live listings) to £1,075 in M38 (8 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Bolton (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 Bolton, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bolton is £700 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 189 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bolton is £895 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 292 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bolton is £1,100 a month, 22% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 170 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bolton is £1,500 a month, 67% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bolton is £650 a month, from 74 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 Bolton is £902 a month, up 9.7% 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
+9.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+48%
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 Bolton spend an estimated 37% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,409/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
37%
Affordable for most renters.
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
34% of listings
54% of listings
10% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 63% of the 395 houses currently advertised in Bolton.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 627 live listings in 12 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 Bolton, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bolton, updated 30 October 2026.
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Features · Bolton
Live signal across 847 Bolton rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
83%
of 233 Bolton listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
80%
of 244 Bolton listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.34/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 76 live listings · October 2026Median 722 sqft across the 76 Bolton listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
96 homes came onto the Bolton rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Worsley Road North, M28
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Bride Street, BL1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed End Terrace, Manchester Road, BL5
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Newbrook Road, BL5
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Market Street, BL3
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Bradford Road, BL4
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, New Lane, BL2
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Peveril Street, BL3
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Park View Road, BL3
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Anfield Road, BL3
1 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Bradford Avenue, BL3
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Wyresdale Road, BL1
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Manchester Road, BL3
2 bed terraced house
Manchester Road, Blackrod, Bolton
1 bed room
Market Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3
3 bed semi-detached house
Bradford Road, Bolton, BL4
2 bed flat/apartment
Thomas Court, Toppings Green, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7
3 bed semi-detached house
Haseley Close, Manchester M26
4 bed detached house
Salisbury Avenue, Bolton, BL1
3 bed terraced house
Willows Lane, Bolton
2 bed terraced house
Aireworth Street, Westhoughton, Bolton
1 bed flat/apartment
at Deansgate Gardens, Central Street, Ridgway Gates BL1
2 bed bungalow
Tarbet Drive, Bolton, BL2
2 bed terraced house
Bertha Street, Halliwell, Bolton
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Bolton. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bolton homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 128,140 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.10
≈ Band B–C
Stock
128k
128,140 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
88% of Bolton premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
88%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
489 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bolton), July 2025, covering 127,738 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
43% of Bolton 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
43%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
57%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
106k
105,775 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bolton. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
16 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bolton centroid. The five closest:
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · BL3 6HP
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · BL2 1JN
University Collegiate School
Secondary · University technical college · BL3 5AG
Gaskell Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · BL1 2QG
Park School Teaching Service
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · BL1 4QR
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bolton centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bolton is £900 a month, from 773 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bolton is £700 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 189 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bolton is £895 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 292 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bolton is £1,100 a month, 22% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 170 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bolton is £1,500 a month, 67% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bolton is £650 a month, from 74 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 847 rental properties available in Bolton, with 96 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across North West
How Bolton compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bolton, updated 29 October 2026.
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