Average rent in Glasgow (2026)

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

Glasgow rents noticeably below Edinburgh for a bigger city: sandstone tenement flats dominate the stock, the West End around the university and Finnieston carry the premium, and the Southside — Shawlands, Govanhill, Queen's Park — is where renters priced out of the West End go.

Glasgow currently has 1,835 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £1,200 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 Glasgow 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 Glasgow

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Glasgow
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£1,127/mo105
1 bed£900/mo334
2 bed£1,200/mo677
3 bed£1,595/mo213
4+ bed£2,700/mo101
Room in shared home£650/mo405

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Glasgow
OutcodeMedian rentListings
G61£1,748/mo8
G3£1,698/mo136
G12£1,550/mo115
G2£1,485/mo60
G11£1,350/mo116
G77£1,350/mo17
G1£1,320/mo106
G76£1,295/mo5
G20£1,200/mo106
G31£1,200/mo65
G41£1,200/mo55
G5£1,200/mo52
G53£1,200/mo7
G44£1,195/mo17
G13£1,165/mo35
G4£1,160/mo147
G43£1,150/mo10
G46£1,150/mo11
G22£1,100/mo4
G52£1,100/mo9
G40£1,098/mo12
G63£1,098/mo4
G62£1,075/mo6
G73£1,013/mo10
G51£1,000/mo35
G14£995/mo31
G72£950/mo19
G21£938/mo12
G42£925/mo41
G69£925/mo9
G75£923/mo18
G33£900/mo8
G32£898/mo22
G15£895/mo5
G64£895/mo7
G66£850/mo24
G71£850/mo10
G34£800/mo3
G67£795/mo25
G74£795/mo33
G65£783/mo4
G45£775/mo4
G78£750/mo5

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Glasgow tenancies at £1,267/mo in June 2026 — up 2.3% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £881/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 £1,267/mo takes roughly 47% of the local median gross salary of £32,121 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 1,835 live listings, 46% advertise a garden and 18% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Glasgow: 92% full fibre (FTTP), 95% gigabit-capable, 99% 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 Glasgow, answered

What is the average rent in Glasgow?

The median asking rent in Glasgow is £1,200 per month for a whole property, based on 1,835 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Glasgow?

Flatscout is currently tracking 1,835 active rental listings in Glasgow, with 420 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 Glasgow?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Glasgow is £900 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £650 (July 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Glasgow?

Renting at the ONS average of £1,267/mo takes roughly 47% of the local median gross salary of £32,121 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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