Renting in Manchester

Average Rent in Manchester: £1,350/mo

Rent in Manchester before the rush.

Median asking rent across 21,999 live Manchester listings on 6 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

£1,350 /month

21,999 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in Manchester by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£900/mo	681
1 bed	£1,100/mo	5,979
2 bed	£1,390/mo	9,207
3 bed	£1,600/mo	3,075
4+ bed	£2,300/mo	1,926
Room (house share)	£675/mo	1,131

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 Manchester

What it costs to rent in Manchester

Manchester currently has 21,999 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,350 a month. 900 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 21% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is M46 at around £850/mo, while M99 sits nearer £1,700/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 Manchester 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 Manchester by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 21,999 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Manchester

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Manchester is £900 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 681 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Manchester

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Manchester is £1,100 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 5,979 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,390/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Manchester is £1,390 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 9,207 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Manchester

£1,600/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Manchester is £1,600 a month, 19% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 3,075 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Manchester

£2,300/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Manchester is £2,300 a month, 70% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 1,926 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Manchester

£675/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Manchester house share is £675 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 1,131 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 Manchester rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Manchester. Latest: £1,365/mo (Jul 26, +3.8% YoY).

Latest

£1,365

Jul 26

Annual

+3.8%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£945

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 Manchester pay goes on rent?

Renters in Manchester spend an estimated 55% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,365/mo

£16,380/yr

Median pay

£30,067/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

55%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Manchester

Flats & apartments

14200

74% of listings

Houses

3845

20% of listings

Rooms

1131

6% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 46% of the 3,859 houses currently advertised in Manchester.

Terraced
46%1,765
Semi-detached
28%1,073
Other house
23%878
Detached
3%130
Bungalow
0%13

Rent by postcode

Where Manchester rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 15,727 live listings in 39 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Manchester

1M99£1,700/mo45 rentals
2M15£1,650/mo1796 rentals
3M1£1,475/mo1459 rentals

Cheapest in Manchester

1M46£850/mo3 rentals
2M45£850/mo3 rentals
3M27£1,050/mo164 rentals

Features · Manchester

Garden, parking, and floor area in Manchester

Live signal across 21,999 Manchester rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

69%

of 4,817 Manchester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

78%

of 6,491 Manchester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£2.25 /sqft

Median 700 sqft across 3,346 Manchester listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Manchester this week

900 homes came onto the Manchester 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 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.

Where we search

Manchester listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Manchester.

Rightmove

14755

OpenRent

4278

SpareRoom

1131

PrimeLocation

932

OnTheMarket

625

Leaders

278

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Frequently asked

Renting in Manchester — your questions answered

How much is rent in Manchester?

The average (median) asking rent in Manchester is £1,350 a month — a 1-bed is £1,100 and a 2-bed £1,390, based on 21,999 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Manchester?

The median asking rent for a studio in Manchester is £900 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 681 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Manchester is £1,100 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 5,979 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Manchester is £1,390 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 9,207 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Manchester is £1,600 a month, 19% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 3,075 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Manchester is £2,300 a month, 70% above the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 1,926 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Manchester?

The median asking rent for a room in a Manchester house share is £675 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,350, based on 1,131 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Manchester?

There are currently 21,999 rental properties available in Manchester, with 900 new listings added in the last 7 days.

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Average rent across North West

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