Renting in Kirkcaldy

Average Rent in Kirkcaldy: £895/mo

Rent in Kirkcaldy before the rush.

Median asking rent across 647 live Kirkcaldy 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

£895 /month

647 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Kirkcaldy by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£1,300/mo22
1 bed£725/mo137
2 bed£850/mo253
3 bed£1,000/mo72
4+ bed£2,880/mo16
Room (house share)£607/mo147

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

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Renting in Kirkcaldy

What it costs to rent in Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy currently has 647 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £895 a month. 29 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 19% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is KY8 at around £550/mo, while EH5 sits nearer £2,398/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 Kirkcaldy 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 Kirkcaldy by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 647 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Kirkcaldy

£1,300/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Kirkcaldy is £1,300 a month, 45% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 22 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Kirkcaldy

£725/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £725 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 137 listings currently on the market.

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

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £850 a month, 5% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 253 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Kirkcaldy

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £1,000 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 72 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Kirkcaldy

£2,880/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Kirkcaldy is £2,880 a month, 222% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 16 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Kirkcaldy

£607/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Kirkcaldy house share is £607 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 147 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 Fife rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Fife, the ONS area that covers Kirkcaldy. Latest: £824/mo (Jul 26, -0.5% YoY).

Latest

£824

Jul 26

Annual

-0.5%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£646

Aug 21

Total change

+28%

since 2021

£625£725£825Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Kirkcaldy

Flats & apartments

225

53% of listings

Houses

53

12% of listings

Rooms

147

34% of listings

Bungalows

2

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 55% of the 56 houses currently advertised in Kirkcaldy.

  • Terraced
    55%31
  • Semi-detached
    21%12
  • Other house
    11%6
  • Detached
    9%5
  • Bungalow
    4%2

Rent by postcode

Where Kirkcaldy rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 461 live listings in 12 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Kirkcaldy

  1. 1EH5£2,398/mo4 rentals
  2. 2EH3£2,250/mo8 rentals
  3. 3EH1£1,725/mo14 rentals

Cheapest in Kirkcaldy

  1. 1KY8£550/mo7 rentals
  2. 2KY1£795/mo152 rentals
  3. 3KY2£795/mo111 rentals

Features · Kirkcaldy

Garden, parking, and floor area in Kirkcaldy

Live signal across 647 Kirkcaldy rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

70%

of 76 Kirkcaldy listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

59%

of 69 Kirkcaldy listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Kirkcaldy this week

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

29 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 2 bed property for rent in York Place, Edinburgh EH1
    £1,950/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    York Place, Edinburgh EH1

    2View listing
  2. 2 bed property for rent in Ravens Craig, Kirkcaldy KY1
    £750/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Ravens Craig, Kirkcaldy KY1

    2View listing
  3. property for rent in Breadalbane Crescent, Glenrothes KY6
    £550/moPrimeLocation

    Studio property

    Breadalbane Crescent, Glenrothes KY6

    View listing
  4. 2 bed property for rent in Mckay Court, Leven KY8
    £548/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Mckay Court, Leven KY8

    2View listing
  5. 1 bed property for rent in Sandport Street, The Shore, Edinburgh EH6
    £1,200/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Sandport Street, The Shore, Edinburgh EH6

    1View listing
  6. 1 bed property for rent in Easter Road, Edinburgh EH6
    £990/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Easter Road, Edinburgh EH6

    1View listing
  7. 2 bed property for rent in Hopetoun Street, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,480/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Hopetoun Street, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  8. 1 bed property for rent in Allanfield, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,030/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Allanfield, Edinburgh EH7

    1View listing
  9. 2 bed property for rent in Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  10. 2 bed property for rent in Craigentinny Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,050/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Craigentinny Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  11. 2 bed property for rent in Lochend Park View, Easter Road, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,500/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Lochend Park View, Easter Road, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  12. 2 bed property for rent in Marionville Road, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,250/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Marionville Road, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  13. 2 bed property for rent in Moray Park Terrace, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Moray Park Terrace, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  14. property for rent in Dublin Street, New Town, Edinburgh EH1
    £1,400/moPrimeLocation

    Studio property

    Dublin Street, New Town, Edinburgh EH1

    View listing
  15. 1 bed property for rent in York Place, Edinburgh EH1
    £1,550/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    York Place, Edinburgh EH1

    1View listing
  16. 2 bed property for rent in Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  17. 3 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Lorne St, KY1
    £600/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Lorne St, KY1

    31View listing
  18. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Deas Wharf, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1
    £895/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Deas Wharf, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1

    22View listing
  19. 3 bed flat/apartment for rent in Meikle Loan, Kirkcaldy KY2
    £900/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed flat/apartment

    Meikle Loan, Kirkcaldy KY2

    32View listing
  20. 3 bed property for rent in Sauchenbush Road, Kirkcaldy KY2
    £1,525/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed property

    Sauchenbush Road, Kirkcaldy KY2

    32View listing
  21. 2 bed property for rent in Strathkinnes Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife
    £795/moRightmove

    2 bed property

    Strathkinnes Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife

    21View listing
  22. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in High Street, Dysart, KY1
    £800/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    High Street, Dysart, KY1

    21View listing
  23. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Oswalds Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1
    £795/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Oswalds Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1

    22View listing
  24. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Ravens Craig, Kirkcaldy
    £750/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Ravens Craig, Kirkcaldy

    21View listing

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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Kirkcaldy

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

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    69%
  • Gigabit-capable
    83%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

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.

Where we search

Kirkcaldy listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Kirkcaldy.

PrimeLocation
204
SpareRoom
147
OpenRent
109
OnTheMarket
102
Rightmove
85

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Frequently asked

Renting in Kirkcaldy — your questions answered

How much is rent in Kirkcaldy?

The average (median) asking rent in Kirkcaldy is £895 a month — a 1-bed is £725 and a 2-bed £850, based on 647 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Kirkcaldy?

The median asking rent for a studio in Kirkcaldy is £1,300 a month, 45% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 22 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £725 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 137 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £850 a month, 5% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 253 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Kirkcaldy is £1,000 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 72 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Kirkcaldy is £2,880 a month, 222% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 16 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Kirkcaldy?

The median asking rent for a room in a Kirkcaldy house share is £607 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 147 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Kirkcaldy?

There are currently 647 rental properties available in Kirkcaldy, with 29 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Across Scotland

Average rent across Scotland

How Kirkcaldy compares with the other 17 places we track in Scotland — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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