Renting in Kirkcaldy
Median asking rent · all sizes · 102 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Kirkcaldy before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kirkcaldy is £820 a month, from 102 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £650/moasking · 21 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £798/moasking · 52 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,050/moasking · 24 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 35 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 Kirkcaldy by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kirkcaldy, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy currently has 137 rental listings on the property sites we track, 102 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kirkcaldy is £820 a month, from 102 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 16 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 22% 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 £725 a month in KY1 (45 live listings) to £850 in KY2 (46 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Kirkcaldy (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 Kirkcaldy, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Kirkcaldy is £650 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Kirkcaldy is £798 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 52 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Kirkcaldy is £1,050 a month, 28% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 24 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Kirkcaldy is £650 a month, from 35 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 Fife is £847 a month, up 4.7% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Fife is the ONS area that covers Kirkcaldy. 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
+4.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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
56% of listings
15% of listings
28% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 55% of the 20 houses currently advertised in Kirkcaldy.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 98 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 Kirkcaldy, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kirkcaldy, updated 27 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
16 homes came onto the Kirkcaldy 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, Smeaton Gardens, KY2
2 bed flat/apartment
Russell Place, Kirkcaldy KY1
2 bed flat/apartment
Dunnikier Road, Kirkcaldy, KY1
3 bed terraced house
Ellisland Avenue, Kirkcaldy, KY2
3 bed property
Barnton Road, Kirkcaldy
3 bed flat/apartment
Adamson Avenue, Kirkcaldy KY2
2 bed terraced house
St. Fillans Place, Kirkcaldy KY2
2 bed flat/apartment
Fair Isle Road, Kirkcaldy KY2
2 bed flat/apartment
Macindoe Crescent, Kirkcaldy, KY1
3 bed flat/apartment
Adamson Avenue, Kirkcaldy, KY2
3 bed property
Barnton Road, Kirkcaldy
2 bed flat/apartment
Dysart, Kirkcaldy, KY1
1 bed property
Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife
1 bed property
The Paddockholm, Corstorphine, Edinburgh EH12
2 bed property
Waterfront Gait, Granton, Edinburgh EH5
2 bed property
Glendevon Avenue EH12
1 bed property
Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy KY2
1 bed property
Moncrieff Terrace, Meadows, Edinburgh EH9
1 bed property
Stoneybank Terrace, Musselburgh, East Lothian EH21
2 bed property
Gardiner Square, Prestonpans EH32
3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Flat, Hutchison Way, KY2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Dysart, KY1
3 bed terraced house
Townhead, Dysart, KY1
3 bed terraced house
Hendry Road, Kirkcaldy, KY2
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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
69% of Kirkcaldy premises can already get full-fibre and 83% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
69%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
83%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
442 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Fife), July 2025, covering 185,304 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kirkcaldy is £820 a month, from 102 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Kirkcaldy is £650 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Kirkcaldy is £798 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 52 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Kirkcaldy is £1,050 a month, 28% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 24 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Kirkcaldy is £650 a month, from 35 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 137 rental properties available in Kirkcaldy, with 16 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across Scotland
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Scotland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kirkcaldy, updated 28 October 2026.
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