Renting in Dumfries
Median asking rent · all sizes · 58 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dumfries is £750 a month, from 58 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £575/moasking · 12 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £750/moasking · 21 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £848/moasking · 10 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £690/moasking · 14 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £550/moasking · 19 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 Dumfries by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dumfries, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Dumfries
Dumfries currently has 77 rental listings on the property sites we track, 58 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dumfries is £750 a month, from 58 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 8 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 31% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Dumfries, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dumfries is £575 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dumfries is £750 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dumfries is £848 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Dumfries is £690 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 14 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Dumfries is £550 a month, from 19 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 Dumfries is £556 a month, up 5.6% 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
+5.6%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+24%
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
44% of listings
20% of listings
35% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 64% of the 11 houses currently advertised in Dumfries.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 43 live listings in 2 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 Dumfries, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dumfries, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
8 homes came onto the Dumfries rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Rosevale Street, DG1
10 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Laurieknowe, DG2
2 bed property
Irish Street, Dumfries, DG1
1 bed room
Laurieknowe, Dumfries, DG2
3 bed terraced house
8 The Grove DG1 1TN
4 bed detached house
Suffolkhill Avenue, Dumfries, DG2
3 bed terraced house
8 The Grove DG1 1TN
1 bed property
Bower St, Carlisle CA2
5 bed property
Kirkconnel, Sanquhar DG4
3 bed property
The Headlands, Keswick CA12
2 bed property
Blackwell Road, Carlisle CA2
2 bed property
York Way, London N7
4 bed property
Ghyll Brow, Moorhouse CA5
2 bed property
Laurel Terrace, Wigton, Cumbria CA7
2 bed property
27B Montague Street, Dumfries DG1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Maisonette, Craigs Road, DG1
3 bed flat/apartment
Buccleuch Street, Dumfries, DG1 2AB
2 bed flat/apartment
27B Montague Street, Dumfries, DG1
1 bed flat/apartment
Apartment E, Second Floor, Galloway Street, DG2 7TL
2 bed flat/apartment
27B Montague Street, Dumfries, DG1
3 bed flat/apartment
Buccleuch Street, Dumfries, DG1 2AB
2 bed terraced house
39 Riddell Avenue, Dumfries
1 bed flat/apartment
Mosspark Avenue, Dumfries, DG1
3 bed detached house
3 Bed Detached House, Glencaple Avenue, DG1
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dumfries is £750 a month, from 58 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dumfries is £575 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dumfries is £750 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dumfries is £848 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Dumfries is £690 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 14 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Dumfries is £550 a month, from 19 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 77 rental properties available in Dumfries, with 8 new listings added in the last 7 days.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Scotland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dumfries, updated 28 October 2026.
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