Average rent in Glasgow (2026)

Data as of October 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 2,833 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £1,150 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 October 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.

Latest rentals in Glasgow

The newest live rental listings in Glasgow, merged across portals and agents. Each links to its Flatscout listing page with price history and area facts.

Rent by bedrooms in Glasgow

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Glasgow
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£953/mo353
1 bed£895/mo534
2 bed£1,200/mo936
3 bed£1,500/mo278
4+ bed£2,450/mo192
Room in shared home£633/mo540

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Glasgow
OutcodeMedian rentListings
G46£1,895/mo7
G12£1,550/mo137
G3£1,550/mo211
G63£1,450/mo21
G61£1,400/mo17
G2£1,350/mo106
G1£1,278/mo167
G77£1,263/mo38
G11£1,250/mo121
G20£1,250/mo103
G41£1,200/mo78
G5£1,200/mo70
G76£1,200/mo17
G43£1,125/mo26
G31£1,100/mo119
G62£1,100/mo7
G64£1,100/mo21
G42£1,095/mo49
G53£1,095/mo21
G13£1,025/mo55
G71£1,020/mo18
G40£1,000/mo22
G23£995/mo13
G33£995/mo13
G44£995/mo35
G51£995/mo56
G52£975/mo25
G14£960/mo36
G4£953/mo425
G69£950/mo15
G72£938/mo18
G32£925/mo36
G73£895/mo21
G21£880/mo14
G67£875/mo33
G22£850/mo9
G66£850/mo37
G78£845/mo11
G15£800/mo6
G74£800/mo21
G45£795/mo3
G65£785/mo12
G75£785/mo18
G34£695/mo3

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 2,833 live listings, 44% advertise a garden and 15% 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 £1,150 per month for a whole property, based on 2,833 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (October 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Glasgow?

Flatscout is currently tracking 2,833 active rental listings in Glasgow, with 417 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 £895 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £633 (October 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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