Renting in Bury
Median asking rent · all sizes · 242 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bury is £950 a month, from 242 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £750/moasking · 77 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £950/moasking · 82 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,125/moasking · 38 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,400/moasking · 37 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 Bury by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Bury
Bury currently has 242 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bury is £950 a month, from 242 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 68 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 63% 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 £950 a month in BL0 (9 live listings) to £1,038 in M26 (6 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Bury (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 Bury, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bury is £750 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 77 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bury is £950 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 82 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bury is £1,125 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 38 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bury is £1,400 a month, 47% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 37 live listings on four 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 Bury is £970 a month, up 0.7% 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
+0.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+44%
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 Bury 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
£31,687/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
37% of listings
63% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 43% of the 99 houses currently advertised in Bury.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 134 live listings in 4 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 Bury, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Bury
Live signal across 242 Bury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
72%
of 98 Bury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
64%
of 98 Bury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
68 homes came onto the Bury rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
9 bed room
2 bed house
2 bed house
2 bed house
3 bed room
3 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Walmersley Road, BL9
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Tottington Road, BL8
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Haslam Street, BL9
8 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Walmersley Road, BL9
3 bed house
6 bed house
2 bed house
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Kingston Road, M26
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hillside Crescent, BL9
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Kingfisher Drive, BL9
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Bank House, BL8
1 bed flat/apartment
Bolton Road, Bury BL8
2 bed terraced house
Tottington Road, Bury BL8
2 bed terraced house
Croft Lane, Bury BL9
1 bed room
Knowsley St, Bury, BL9
2 bed terraced house
Tottington Road, Bury, BL8
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Bury. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bury homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 85,100 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.44
≈ Band B–C
Stock
85k
85,100 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
93% of Bury premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
93%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
482 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bury), July 2025, covering 85,727 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
38% of Bury 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
38%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
62%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
72k
72,360 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bury. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
15 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bury centroid. The five closest:
St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
Primary · Voluntary aided school · BL9 0RZ
Holy Trinity Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · BL9 0SB
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · BL9 0TZ
Bury Church of England High School
Secondary · Academy converter · BL9 0TS
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · BL9 9JQ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bury 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 Bury is £950 a month, from 242 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bury is £750 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 77 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bury is £950 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 82 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bury is £1,125 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 38 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bury is £1,400 a month, 47% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 37 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 242 rental properties available in Bury, with 68 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across North West
How Bury 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/bury, updated 28 October 2026.
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