Renting in Gloucester

Average Rent in Gloucester: £1,100/mo

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Median asking rent across 3,351 live Gloucester listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£1,100 /month

3,351 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Gloucester by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£675/mo	49
1 bed	£795/mo	1,024
2 bed	£1,100/mo	823
3 bed	£1,450/mo	532
4+ bed	£1,900/mo	538
Room (house share)	£625/mo	385

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Gloucester

What it costs to rent in Gloucester

Gloucester currently has 3,351 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,100 a month. 45 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 54% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is GL18 at around £850/mo, while GL19 sits nearer £1,850/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Gloucester around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Gloucester by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 3,351 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Gloucester

£675/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Gloucester is £675 a month, 39% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 49 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Gloucester

£795/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Gloucester is £795 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 1,024 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Gloucester

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Gloucester is £1,100 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 823 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Gloucester

£1,450/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Gloucester is £1,450 a month, 32% above the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 532 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Gloucester

£1,900/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Gloucester is £1,900 a month, 73% above the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 538 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Gloucester

£625/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Gloucester house share is £625 a month, 43% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 385 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Gloucester rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Gloucester. Latest: £1,112/mo (Jul 26, +7.4% YoY).

Latest

£1,112

Jul 26

Annual

+7.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£773

Aug 21

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Gloucester pay goes on rent?

Renters in Gloucester spend an estimated 44% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,112/mo

£13,344/yr

Median pay

£30,455/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

44%

Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Gloucester

Flats & apartments

911

38% of listings

Houses

1077

45% of listings

Rooms

385

16% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Gloucester — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 39% of the 1,097 houses currently advertised in Gloucester.

Terraced
39%426
Semi-detached
25%277
Other house
22%238
Detached
13%139
Bungalow
2%17

Rent by postcode

Where Gloucester rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,115 live listings in 17 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Gloucester

1GL19£1,850/mo6 rentals
2GL3£1,400/mo206 rentals
3GL51£1,350/mo71 rentals

Cheapest in Gloucester

1GL18£850/mo10 rentals
2GL1£900/mo932 rentals
3GL14£925/mo3 rentals

Features · Gloucester

Garden, parking, and floor area in Gloucester

Live signal across 3,351 Gloucester 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 771 Gloucester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

87%

of 1,004 Gloucester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Gloucester this week

45 homes came onto the Gloucester rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Gloucester

Most Gloucester homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 59,840 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.42

≈ Band B–C

Stock

60k

59,840 properties

A
29%17,630
B
28%16,920
C
24%14,250
D
10%6,070
E
6%3,860
F
2%930
G
0%180
H
0%10

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

Broadband coverage across Gloucester

54% of Gloucester premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

54%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

478 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
54%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Gloucester), July 2025, covering 59,017 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Gloucester homes

48% of Gloucester 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

48%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

52%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

50k

49,629 EPCs

A
1%261
B
11%5,426
C
36%18,105
D
38%18,887
E
11%5,667
F
2%944
G
1%339

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Gloucester. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Gloucester

9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Gloucester centroid. The five closest:

1
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · GL1 3BN
0.52 mi
2
Widden Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · GL1 4AW
0.52 mi
3
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · GL1 5BD
0.53 mi
4
Denmark Road High School
Secondary · Academy converter · GL1 3JN
0.72 mi
5
St James' Church of England Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · GL1 4JU
0.77 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Gloucester centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Gloucester

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (April 2026), Gloucester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 21 of 21 postcode districts analysed, the median was 50 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Gloucester is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

50 crimes per area (median)
21 of 21 postcode districts covered
Data: April 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Gloucester ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Where we search

Gloucester listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Gloucester.

Rightmove

1288

OpenRent

796

OnTheMarket

457

PrimeLocation

425

SpareRoom

385

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Frequently asked

Renting in Gloucester — your questions answered

How much is rent in Gloucester?

The average (median) asking rent in Gloucester is £1,100 a month — a 1-bed is £795 and a 2-bed £1,100, based on 3,351 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a studio in Gloucester is £675 a month, 39% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 49 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Gloucester is £795 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 1,024 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Gloucester is £1,100 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 823 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Gloucester is £1,450 a month, 32% above the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 532 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Gloucester is £1,900 a month, 73% above the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 538 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Gloucester?

The median asking rent for a room in a Gloucester house share is £625 a month, 43% below the city-wide median of £1,100, based on 385 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Gloucester?

There are currently 3,351 rental properties available in Gloucester, with 45 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Gloucester safe for renters?

Gloucester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 50 reported crimes per postcode area (April 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Gloucester?

The most commonly reported crime category in Gloucester is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for April 2026.

Across South West

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