OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Bolton

Private rents in Bolton average £884 a month across all property sizes, up 9.9% 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
£884
1-bed
£647
2-bed
£806
3-bed
£978
4+ bed
£1,434
Flats
£776

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The £884 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 £647 and a 3-bed at £978 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 Bolton
Two-year change: +16.2%Five-year change: +47.1%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 1.3% over the last six months, against +8.4% in the six before: rises are slowing.
What homes sell for, by postcode area
BL7296 sales£265,000BL5552 sales£235,500BL6647 sales£231,000BL2701 sales£210,000BL1849 sales£192,000BL3592 sales£187,000BL4442 sales£185,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. District-wide median: £207,000.
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What next door costs
Bolton is the 5th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Blackburn with Darwen£661£781£1,1122Wigan£698£836£1,1423Rossendale£752£905£1,2224Chorley£758£897£1,321
5BoltonYou are here£806£978£1,434
6Bury£888£1,064£1,5597Salford£1,082£1,284£1,766
Nearest by the centre point of each area, so a very large or coastal area can throw up a neighbour that is not a natural comparison.
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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.