Renting in Manchester

Average Rent in Manchester

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The average rent in Manchester is £1,295/mo, with 16,106 live listings across 6 portals from £400/mo. Compare rents by bedroom and area below — and get alerted the moment a new Manchester rental appears.

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Renting in Manchester

What it costs to rent in Manchester

Manchester currently has 16,106 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,295 a month. 881 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 22% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is M38 at around £600/mo, while M14 6LP sits nearer £3,011/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.

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Market snapshot

Manchester rental market at a glance

16,106

Active rentals in Manchester

£1,295/mo

Median monthly rent

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Manchester

Median monthly rent, based on 16,106 active listings across 6 property sites.

Bedrooms	Median rent	Available
1 bed	£1,100/mo	4346
2 bed	£1,350/mo	6621
3 bed	£1,550/mo	2305
4+ bed	£2,350/mo	1552
Room	£675/mo	845

Updated July 2026. Prices normalised to monthly where weekly was listed.

Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Manchester rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Manchester. Latest: £1,347/mo (Mar 26, +2.8% YoY).

Latest

£1,347

Mar 26

Annual

+2.8%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£940

Apr 21

Total change

+43%

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 Manchester pay goes on rent?

Renters in Manchester spend an estimated 54% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,347/mo

£16,164/yr

Median pay

£30,067/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

54%

Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.

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.

Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Manchester

Most Manchester homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 249,300 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

1.93

≈ Band A–B

Stock

249k

249,300 properties

A
55%137,110
B
17%42,600
C
15%37,500
D
8%20,680
E
3%6,830
F
1%3,170
G
1%1,260
H
0%150

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 Manchester

84% of Manchester premises can already get full-fibre and 89% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

84%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

89%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

97%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

461 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
84%
Gigabit-capable
89%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
97%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Manchester), July 2025, covering 242,333 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Manchester homes

55% of Manchester 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

55%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

45%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

260k

259,579 EPCs

A
0%628
B
14%35,108
C
41%106,111
D
33%84,934
E
10%26,622
F
2%4,753
G
1%1,423

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Manchester

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

1
Crown Street Primary School
Primary · Free schools · M15 4ZB
0.62 mi
2
St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · M15 6BT
0.70 mi
3
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · M15 5BJ
0.77 mi
4
St Philip's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · M3 5LF
0.80 mi
5
The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · M3 6LU
0.82 mi

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

Property types

What’s on offer in Manchester

Flats & apartments

10260

73% of listings

Houses

2874

21% of listings

Rooms

845

6% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 50% of the 2,884 houses currently advertised in Manchester.

Terraced
50%1,443
Semi-detached
30%875
Other house
16%448
Detached
4%109
Bungalow
0%9

Rent by postcode

Where Manchester rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 12,885 live listings in 102 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Manchester

1M14 6LP£3,011/mo3 rentals
2M15 5LL£2,300/mo3 rentals
3U6£2,115/mo4 rentals

Cheapest in Manchester

1M38£600/mo5 rentals
2M29£600/mo9 rentals
3M26£628/mo4 rentals

Features · Manchester

Garden, parking, and floor area in Manchester

Live signal across 16,106 Manchester rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

68%

of 3,278 Manchester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

77%

of 4,357 Manchester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£2.25 /sqft

Median 700 sqft across 2,303 Manchester listings that publish floor area.

Area safety

Safety in Manchester

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (July 2026), Manchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 98 of 98 postcode districts analysed, the median was 1 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Manchester is Violent crime, accounting for 37% of all incidents.

Crime overview

1 crimes per area (median)
98 of 98 postcode districts covered
Data: July 2026

Most reported

Violent crime
37% of incidents

Manchester 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.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Manchester

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for May 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Didsbury has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Manchester.

Didsbury
No data available this month · pop. ~26,000
0.0
per 1k
Chorlton
No data available this month · pop. ~14,000
0.0
per 1k
Fallowfield
Most common: Violent crime (1) · pop. ~15,000
0.1
per 1k
Ancoats
Most common: Violent crime (3) · pop. ~8,000
0.5
per 1k
Salford Quays
No data available this month · pop. ~9,000
0.0
per 1k

Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Where we search

Manchester listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Manchester.

Rightmove

10415

OpenRent

3501

SpareRoom

845

PrimeLocation

675

OnTheMarket

444

Leaders

226

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Frequently asked

Renting in Manchester — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Manchester?

The median rent in Manchester is £1295/month based on 16106 active listings across 6 property portals (2026-07).

How many rental properties are available in Manchester?

There are currently 16106 rental properties available in Manchester, with 881 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Manchester safe for renters?

Manchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 1 reported crimes per postcode area (July 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Manchester?

The most commonly reported crime category in Manchester is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for July 2026.

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