OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Barnsley

Private rents in Barnsley average £693 a month across all property sizes, up 7.5% over the last year. These are the official Office for National Statistics figures, not portal asking rents, so they reflect what tenants actually pay.

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All sizes
£693
1-bed
£505
2-bed
£627
3-bed
£749
4+ bed
£1,083
Flats
£576

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The £693 average above is the whole district, every size and condition mixed together. It's a fair sanity check, but it isn't a valuation of one property, and the gap between a 1-bed at £505 and a 3-bed at £749 shows why. For an actual figure you need the specific address: its size, its EPC, its street, and what comparable homes nearby genuinely let for.

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Two years of rents in Barnsley
Two-year change: +12.5%Five-year change: +38.3%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 4.4% over the last six months, against +3.1% in the six before: rises are speeding up.
What homes sell for, by postcode area
S36590 sales£235,500S75809 sales£225,000S73445 sales£175,000S71625 sales£174,000S74267 sales£167,500S72381 sales£166,000S63754 sales£160,000S70642 sales£155,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. District-wide median: £180,000.
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What next door costs
Barnsley is the 2nd cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Rotherham£612£740£1,069
2BarnsleyYou are here£627£749£1,083
3Doncaster£634£754£1,0724Chesterfield£692£827£1,1645Kirklees£710£864£1,2286Wakefield£721£863£1,2097Sheffield£838£964£1,335
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Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026, average private rents by local authority. Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Figures are area averages, not valuations of any individual property.