Average rent in Doncaster (2026)

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

Doncaster is a logistics city with logistics-worker rents: iPort and the rail-freight economy keep demand for affordable terraces and semis high, Bessacarr carries the leafy premium, and the East Coast Main Line puts London under two hours away for a fraction of commuter-belt prices.

Doncaster currently has 620 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £798 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 Doncaster 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 Doncaster

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Doncaster
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£638/mo18
1 bed£575/mo125
2 bed£750/mo134
3 bed£950/mo164
4+ bed£1,295/mo37
Room in shared home£500/mo142

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Doncaster
OutcodeMedian rentListings
DN9£1,200/mo13
DN3£950/mo23
DN10£900/mo13
DN12£888/mo28
DN11£875/mo38
DN4£850/mo122
DN6£800/mo36
DN7£800/mo11
DN5£788/mo54
DN2£750/mo39
DN8£725/mo16
DN1£650/mo85

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Doncaster tenancies at £690/mo in June 2026 — up 5.7% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £520/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 £690/mo takes roughly 27% of the local median gross salary of £31,119 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 620 live listings, 61% advertise a garden and 18% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

EPC energy ratings

EPC bands of live Doncaster rentals matched to certificates
BandListings
B3
C7
D14
E4
F1

Council-tax bands

VOA council-tax stock of domestic properties, Doncaster
BandProperties
Band A82,750
Band B27,190
Band C16,270
Band D10,220
Band E4,900
Band F2,280
Band G990
Band H140

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Doncaster: 94% full fibre (FTTP), 96% gigabit-capable, 100% superfast (30 Mbit/s+) (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Crime

police.uk street-level data for May 2026: median 163 reported incidents per postcode district across 10 districts around the busiest rental postcodes. The most common category city-wide is violence and sexual offences (35% of reports).

Reported crimes by inner area, May 2026
AreaReports / 1,000 peopleMost common category
Armthorpe9.4violence and sexual offences
Balby35.2violence and sexual offences
Bessacarr7.0violence and sexual offences
Town Centre80.1violence and sexual offences
Wheatley40.9violence and sexual offences

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 Doncaster, answered

What is the average rent in Doncaster?

The median asking rent in Doncaster is £798 per month for a whole property, based on 620 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Doncaster?

Flatscout is currently tracking 620 active rental listings in Doncaster, with 96 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 Doncaster?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Doncaster is £575 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £500 (July 2026).

Is Doncaster safe for renters?

Across 10 postcode districts analysed, the median is 163 reported crimes per district per month, and the most common category is violence and sexual offences. Crime varies a lot street by street — data from data.police.uk (May 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Doncaster?

Renting at the ONS average of £690/mo takes roughly 27% of the local median gross salary of £31,119 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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