Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2025
This publication presents statistics on average private sector rent levels in Scotland by Broad Rental Market Area and size of property, for the years 2010 to 2025.
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1 Bedroom Properties
In the year to end September 2025, average 1 bedroom rents increased above the average 12 month UK CPI inflation rate of 3.1% in 12 out of 18 areas of Scotland. Changes in rents ranged from -0.3% (or -£2 per month) in West Lothian up to 16.1% (or £70 per month) in Dumfries and Galloway.
Average rents for 1 bedroom properties at the Scotland level increased by an estimated 4.0% (or £28 per month) between 2024 and 2025, to reach £738 in 2025.
Lothian had the highest average monthly 1 bedroom rents (£1,057) in the latest year to end September 2025. Scottish Borders had the lowest (£461).
Figures on longer term changes to rents for 1 bedroom properties over the period from 2010 to 2025 should be considered in the context of the cumulative increase in UK CPI of 54.7% from the year to end September 2010 to the year to end September 2025.
Over the 2010 to 2025 period, Lothian and Greater Glasgow saw large cumulative 1 bedroom rent increases above the level of CPI inflation. Dundee and Angus, and Forth Valley saw increases just above and close to the level of CPI inflation. East Dunbartonshire and Fife were just under the level of CPI inflation. In the remaining areas of Scotland cumulative changes were below CPI inflation. Chart 1 illustrates these changes.
Overall Scottish 1 bedroom rent increased by 67.1% between 2010 and 2025 to reach £738 in 2025.
For more details on 1 bedroom rents for individual BRMAs see Table 1 and Charts 1, 2 and 3 below. For a detailed breakdown of quartile and average rents for each year see the supporting document excel workbook “BRMA Detailed Profiles” or “Private Rents Open Data”. Also note that the Scotland average figures have been calculated using a weighted stock approach, with further information on this available in the Data and Methodology Section.
Table 1: 1 Bedroom Properties - Average (mean) monthly rents (£): 2010 to 2025, by Broad Rental Market Area
|
Broad Rental Market Area |
2010 |
2024 |
2025 |
2010 to 2025 change |
2024 to 2025 change |
|
Aberdeen and Shire |
£529 |
£560 |
£572 |
8.2% |
2.1% |
|
Argyll and Bute |
£382 |
£544 |
£568 |
48.7% |
4.3% |
|
Ayrshires |
£375 |
£451 |
£471 |
25.3% |
4.3% |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
£359 |
£434 |
£504 |
40.5% |
16.1% |
|
Dundee and Angus |
£351 |
£537 |
£543 |
54.8% |
1.2% |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
£450 |
£680 |
£688 |
53.0% |
1.2% |
|
Fife |
£379 |
£575 |
£578 |
52.4% |
0.4% |
|
Forth Valley |
£387 |
£586 |
£610 |
57.6% |
4.1% |
|
Greater Glasgow |
£437 |
£794 |
£865 |
98.0% |
9.0% |
|
Highland and Islands |
£415 |
£552 |
£586 |
41.2% |
6.2% |
|
Lothian |
£520 |
£1,013 |
£1,057 |
103.2% |
4.4% |
|
North Lanarkshire |
£373 |
£509 |
£553 |
48.2% |
8.8% |
|
Perth and Kinross |
£377 |
£499 |
£522 |
38.3% |
4.5% |
|
Renfrewshire / Inverclyde |
£374 |
£519 |
£546 |
45.7% |
5.0% |
|
Scottish Borders |
£336 |
£451 |
£461 |
37.2% |
2.2% |
|
South Lanarkshire |
£382 |
£536 |
£566 |
48.0% |
5.6% |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
£397 |
£534 |
£554 |
39.7% |
3.7% |
|
West Lothian |
£428 |
£614 |
£612 |
42.9% |
-0.3% |
|
Scotland |
£442 |
£710 |
£738 |
67.1% |
4.0% |
Note: Some percentage change figures may not sum due to rounding’s
Chart 1: 1 bedroom properties: 2010 to 2025 % change in average (mean) rents for years to end September, by Broad Rental Market Area
Chart 2: 1 bedroom properties: 2024 to 2025 % change in average (mean) rents for years to end September, by Broad Rental Market Area
Chart 3: 1 bedroom properties: average (mean) monthly rents in 2025 (year to end September), by Broad Rental Market Area