Renting in Doncaster
Median asking rent · all sizes · 696 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Doncaster before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Doncaster is £775 a month, from 696 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 237 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £795/moasking · 173 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £925/moasking · 170 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,550/moasking · 79 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £520/moasking · 85 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 Doncaster by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/doncaster, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Doncaster
Doncaster currently has 781 rental listings on the property sites we track, 696 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Doncaster is £775 a month, from 696 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 98 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 57% 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 £650 a month in DN1 (153 live listings) to £1,055 in DN12 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Doncaster (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 Doncaster, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Doncaster is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 237 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Doncaster is £795 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 173 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Doncaster is £925 a month, 19% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 170 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Doncaster is £1,550 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 79 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Doncaster is £520 a month, from 85 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 Doncaster is £699 a month, up 5.2% 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
+5.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+29%
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 Doncaster 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
£31,119/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
37% of listings
49% of listings
14% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 47% of the 293 houses currently advertised in Doncaster.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 502 live listings in 8 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 Doncaster, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/doncaster, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Doncaster
Live signal across 781 Doncaster rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
76%
of 184 Doncaster listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
72%
of 201 Doncaster listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
98 homes came onto the Doncaster rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Cumberland Close, Bircotes, Doncaster DN11
3 bed property
Avenue Road, Askern, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN6
2 bed property
Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4
2 bed property
Low Road, Balby, Doncaster DN4
2 bed property
Low Road, Balby, Doncaster DN4
2 bed property
North Street, Doncaster DN4
3 bed property
Wivelsfield Road, Doncaster DN4
3 bed property
Devonshire Road, Doncaster DN11
3 bed property
The Park, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6
2 bed property
Lake View, Lakeside, Doncaster DN4
3 bed property
South Street, Highfields, Doncaster DN6
3 bed semi-detached house
Sandringham Road, Doncaster DN2
3 bed terraced house
Morley Road, South Yorkshire DN1
1 bed flat/apartment
Consort House, Doncaster, DN1
2 bed terraced house
Bentley Road,Bentley, Doncaster, DN5
Studio flat/apartment
French Gate, Doncaster DN1
1 bed property
Stonegate Mews, Doncaster, DN4
Studio house
Bainbridge Road, Doncaster, DN4
3 bed semi-detached house
Everingham Place, 239 Warning Tongue Lane DN3
2 bed semi-detached house
Everingham Road, Doncaster, DN4
3 bed terraced house
at Nationwide, 7 Fairway Crescent DN4
3 bed semi-detached house
Everingham Place, 239 Warning Tongue Lane DN3
1 bed flat/apartment
A Bainbridge Road, Doncaster, DN4
3 bed semi-detached house
Everingham Place, 239 Warning Tongue Lane DN3
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Doncaster. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Doncaster homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 143,940 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.88
≈ Band A–B
Stock
144k
143,940 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
94% of Doncaster premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
94%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
487 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Doncaster), July 2025, covering 143,562 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Doncaster 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
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
126k
125,807 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Doncaster. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Doncaster centroid. The five closest:
Hall Cross Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · DN1 2HY
Doncaster UTC
Secondary · University technical college · DN1 3BF
Town Field Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · DN1 2JS
Atlas Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · DN1 3QP
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · DN4 0JN
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Doncaster 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), Doncaster has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 40 of 40 postcode districts analysed, the median was 158 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Doncaster is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Doncaster’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: Anti-social behaviour (19) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (107) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (232) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (224) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (45) · pop. ~8,000
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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Doncaster is £775 a month, from 696 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Doncaster is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 237 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Doncaster is £795 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 173 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Doncaster is £925 a month, 19% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 170 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Doncaster is £1,550 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 79 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Doncaster is £520 a month, from 85 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 781 rental properties available in Doncaster, with 98 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Doncaster has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 158 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 Doncaster is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Doncaster 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/doncaster, updated 28 October 2026.
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