Renting in Livingston

Average Rent in Livingston: £1,295/mo

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Median asking rent across 728 live Livingston 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

£1,295 /month

728 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Livingston by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£1,287/mo18
1 bed£1,050/mo134
2 bed£1,173/mo280
3 bed£1,500/mo131
4+ bed£2,500/mo92
Room (house share)£550/mo73

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 Livingston

What it costs to rent in Livingston

Livingston currently has 728 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,295 a month. 25 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is EH53 at around £1,050/mo, while EH8 sits nearer £2,300/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 Livingston 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 Livingston by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 728 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Livingston

£1,287/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Livingston is £1,287 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 18 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Livingston

£1,050/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Livingston is £1,050 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 134 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,173/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Livingston is £1,173 a month, 9% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 280 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Livingston

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Livingston is £1,500 a month, 16% above the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 131 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Livingston

£2,500/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Livingston is £2,500 a month, 93% above the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 92 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Livingston

£550/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Livingston house share is £550 a month, 58% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 73 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 West Lothian rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in West Lothian, the ONS area that covers Livingston. Latest: £912/mo (Jul 26, +9.2% YoY).

Latest

£912

Jul 26

Annual

+9.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£691

Aug 21

Total change

+32%

since 2021

£700£800£925Aug 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 Livingston

Flats & apartments

150

38% of listings

Houses

167

42% of listings

Rooms

73

18% of listings

Bungalows

6

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 40% of the 173 houses currently advertised in Livingston.

  • Terraced
    40%70
  • Semi-detached
    25%44
  • Detached
    24%41
  • Other house
    7%12
  • Bungalow
    3%6

Rent by postcode

Where Livingston rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 595 live listings in 17 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Livingston

  1. 1EH8£2,300/mo7 rentals
  2. 2EH2£2,150/mo5 rentals
  3. 3EH9£1,850/mo19 rentals

Cheapest in Livingston

  1. 1EH53£1,050/mo21 rentals
  2. 2EH52£1,125/mo16 rentals
  3. 3EH54£1,150/mo263 rentals

Features · Livingston

Garden, parking, and floor area in Livingston

Live signal across 728 Livingston rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

53%

of 115 Livingston listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

84%

of 116 Livingston listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Livingston this week

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

25 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 3 bed property for rent in Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2
    £4,500/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2

    3View listing
  2. 2 bed property for rent in The Gallolee, Colinton, Edinburgh EH13
    £1,250/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    The Gallolee, Colinton, Edinburgh EH13

    2View listing
  3. 1 bed property for rent in Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,050/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  4. 1 bed property for rent in Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH11
    £975/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH11

    1View listing
  5. 2 bed property for rent in Craighouse Gardens, Edinburgh EH10
    £1,450/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Craighouse Gardens, Edinburgh EH10

    2View listing
  6. 1 bed property for rent in Murieston Place, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11
    £995/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Murieston Place, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  7. 1 bed property for rent in Murieston Road (Linton Court), Dalry, Edinburgh EH11
    £975/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Murieston Road (Linton Court), Dalry, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  8. 1 bed property for rent in Downfield Place, Edinburgh EH11
    £950/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Downfield Place, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  9. 2 bed property for rent in Dalry Road, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,535/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Dalry Road, Edinburgh EH11

    2View listing
  10. 3 bed property for rent in Polwarth Crescent, Edinburgh EH11
    £2,095/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Polwarth Crescent, Edinburgh EH11

    3View listing
  11. 1 bed property for rent in Easter Dalry Wynd, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,250/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Easter Dalry Wynd, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  12. 3 bed property for rent in Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12
    £2,250/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12

    3View listing
  13. 1 bed property for rent in Lothian Road, Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3
    £1,150/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Lothian Road, Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3

    1View listing
  14. 1 bed property for rent in Dean Park Street, Edinburgh EH4
    £1,195/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Dean Park Street, Edinburgh EH4

    1View listing
  15. 1 bed property for rent in Dean Park Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Dean Park Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4

    1View listing
  16. 2 bed property for rent in Caledonian Road, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,600/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Caledonian Road, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11

    2View listing
  17. 2 bed property for rent in Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh EH12
    £1,750/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh EH12

    2View listing
  18. 2 bed property for rent in Horne Terrace, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,300/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Horne Terrace, Edinburgh EH11

    2View listing
  19. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Waverley Crescent, EH54
    £1,350/moOpenRent

    3 bed semi-detached house

    3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Waverley Crescent, EH54

    31View listing
  20. 3 bed terraced house for rent in Camps Rigg, Livingston, EH54
    £1,600/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed terraced house

    Camps Rigg, Livingston, EH54

    32View listing
  21. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Swallow Brae, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54
    £1,100/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Swallow Brae, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54

    21View listing
  22. 5 bed house for rent in Sutherland Way, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54
    £1,595/moRightmove

    5 bed house

    Sutherland Way, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54

    52View listing
  23. 3 bed terraced house for rent in Queens Crescent, Livingston, EH54
    £1,500/moRightmove

    3 bed terraced house

    Queens Crescent, Livingston, EH54

    33View listing
  24. 3 bed flat/apartment for rent in Queens Crescent, Livingston, EH54
    £1,150/moRightmove

    3 bed flat/apartment

    Queens Crescent, Livingston, EH54

    31View listing

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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Livingston

77% of Livingston premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

77%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

93%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

475 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    77%
  • Gigabit-capable
    93%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (West Lothian), July 2025, covering 86,469 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Where we search

Livingston listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Livingston.

PrimeLocation
311
OpenRent
171
OnTheMarket
95
Rightmove
78
SpareRoom
73

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Frequently asked

Renting in Livingston — your questions answered

How much is rent in Livingston?

The average (median) asking rent in Livingston is £1,295 a month — a 1-bed is £1,050 and a 2-bed £1,173, based on 728 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Livingston?

The median asking rent for a studio in Livingston is £1,287 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 18 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Livingston is £1,050 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 134 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Livingston is £1,173 a month, 9% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 280 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Livingston is £1,500 a month, 16% above the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 131 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Livingston is £2,500 a month, 93% above the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 92 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Livingston?

The median asking rent for a room in a Livingston house share is £550 a month, 58% below the city-wide median of £1,295, based on 73 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Livingston?

There are currently 728 rental properties available in Livingston, with 25 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Across Scotland

Average rent across Scotland

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

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