Renting in Pontefract
Median asking rent · all sizes · 41 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Pontefract is £800 a month, from 41 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £550/moasking · 11 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £798/moasking · 14 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,095/moasking · 13 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £500/moasking · 22 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 Pontefract by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/pontefract, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Pontefract
Pontefract currently has 63 rental listings on the property sites we track, 41 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Pontefract is £800 a month, from 41 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 23 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 51% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Pontefract, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Pontefract is £550 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 11 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Pontefract is £798 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 14 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Pontefract is £1,095 a month, 37% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 13 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Pontefract is £500 a month, from 22 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 Wakefield is £810 a month, up 5.9% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Wakefield is the ONS area that covers Pontefract. 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
+5.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
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
31% of listings
33% of listings
36% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 60% of the 20 houses currently advertised in Pontefract.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 41 live listings in 1 district (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 Pontefract, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/pontefract, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Pontefract
Live signal across 63 Pontefract rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Floor area
£1.77/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 7 live listings · October 2026Median 311 sqft across the 7 Pontefract listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
23 homes came onto the Pontefract rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Northgate Lodge, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8
3 bed terraced house
Monkhill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1JD
Studio flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
2 bed flat/apartment
Castle Grove, Pontefract, WF8
3 bed semi-detached house
Wakefield Road, PONTEFRACT, WF8
3 bed terraced house
Carleton Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3NE
3 bed terraced house
Lake View, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 1PA
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
2 bed flat/apartment
16 Sterling Court, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Studio flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
1 bed flat/apartment
Gillygate, Pontefract, WF8 1PQ
2 bed property
Ellercroft Way, Pontefract, Wakefield
1 bed flat/apartment
Horsefair, Pontefract
3 bed semi-detached house
Westbourne Crescent, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8
4 bed terraced house
Adwick Terrace, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8
3 bed terraced house
Lake View, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 1PA
3 bed semi-detached house
St Michaels Avenue, Pontefract, WF8
3 bed semi-detached house
Pontefract
3 bed semi-detached house
Chequers Close, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8
2 bed flat/apartment
Baileygate Mews, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Pontefract homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 164,510 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.12
≈ Band B–C
Stock
165k
164,510 properties
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
95% of Pontefract premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
95%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
486 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Wakefield), July 2025, covering 163,389 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
43% of Pontefract 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
43%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
57%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
173k
172,572 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Wakefield. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Pontefract centroid. The five closest:
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
Primary · Academy converter · WF8 4AA
St Giles C of E Academy
Primary · Academy converter · WF8 1HG
Harewood Centre Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · WF8 2ER
The King's School
Secondary · Academy converter · WF8 4JF
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · WF8 4BW
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Pontefract centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Pontefract has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 60 of 60 postcode districts analysed, the median was 210 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Pontefract is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Pontefract’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
Area breakdown
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (31) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (111) · pop. ~40,000
Most common: Violent crime (69) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (114) · pop. ~3,000
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.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Pontefract is £800 a month, from 41 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Pontefract is £550 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 11 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Pontefract is £798 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 14 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Pontefract is £1,095 a month, 37% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 13 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Pontefract is £500 a month, from 22 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 63 rental properties available in Pontefract, with 23 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Pontefract has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 210 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Pontefract is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Pontefract compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/pontefract, updated 27 October 2026.
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