OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Burnley

Private rents in Burnley average £628 a month across all property sizes, up 2.9% 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
£628
1-bed
£463
2-bed
£585
3-bed
£692
4+ bed
£948
Flats
£526

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The £628 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 £463 and a 3-bed at £692 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 Burnley
Two-year change: +10.2%Five-year change: +31.1%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 0.6% over the last six months, against +2.3% in the six before: rises are slowing.
What homes sell for, by postcode area
BB12706 sales£160,000BB10720 sales£140,000BB11373 sales£130,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. District-wide median: £135,000.
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What next door costs
Burnley is the 1st cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1BurnleyYou are here£585£692£948
2Hyndburn£619£724£9393Pendle£629£734£1,0884Blackburn with Darwen£661£781£1,1125Rossendale£752£905£1,2226Ribble Valley£770£934£1,3957Rochdale£789£948£1,360
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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.