Average rent in Dundee (2026)

Data as of July 2026 · computed by Flatscout from live cross-portal listings and official open data

Dundee is one of the cheapest city rental markets in the UK: two universities keep the West End busy with student and postgraduate demand, while the waterfront regeneration around V&A Dundee is slowly adding a newer, pricier tier of flats.

Dundee currently has 558 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £888 a month for a whole property. Rooms in shared homes start lower, and the by-postcode table below shows how much the same budget buys in different corners of the city.

Everything on this page is computed from listings Flatscout scrapes and de-duplicates around the clock, joined with official open data: the ONS Price Index of Private Rents for the long-run trend, ONS earnings data for affordability, police.uk street-level crime, VOA council-tax bands, Ofcom broadband coverage, and EPC certificates matched to the homes actually being advertised right now. Figures refresh continuously — the numbers below were last computed in July 2026.

If you're actively hunting, the data has one practical message: well-priced Dundee rentals go in hours, not days. Flatscout watches every portal and can alert you by email, WhatsApp or Telegram within minutes of a matching listing appearing — before most renters have refreshed the app.

Rent by bedrooms in Dundee

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Dundee
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£927/mo14
1 bed£600/mo111
2 bed£850/mo219
3 bed£1,295/mo91
4+ bed£1,800/mo47
Room in shared home£450/mo76

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Dundee tenancies at £823/mo in June 2026 — down 1.1% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £616/mo. The ONS average sits below asking-rent medians because it includes existing tenancies, not just newly advertised homes.

Affordability

Renting at the ONS average of £823/mo takes roughly 32% of the local median gross salary of £30,523 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 558 live listings, 41% advertise a garden and 11% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Dundee: 86% full fibre (FTTP), 96% gigabit-capable, 100% superfast (30 Mbit/s+) (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Where the listings come from

No single portal has every home — Flatscout merges and de-duplicates them all, so each property is counted once.

Renting in Dundee, answered

What is the average rent in Dundee?

The median asking rent in Dundee is £888 per month for a whole property, based on 558 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Dundee?

Flatscout is currently tracking 558 active rental listings in Dundee, with 120 new listings added in the last 7 days. Listings from every portal are merged and de-duplicated, so each home is counted once.

How much is a one-bedroom flat to rent in Dundee?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Dundee is £600 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £450 (July 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Dundee?

Renting at the ONS average of £823/mo takes roughly 32% of the local median gross salary of £30,523 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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