OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Kirklees

Private rents in Kirklees average £780 a month across all property sizes, up 12.6% 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
£780
1-bed
£582
2-bed
£710
3-bed
£864
4+ bed
£1,228
Flats
£665

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The £780 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 £582 and a 3-bed at £864 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 Kirklees
Two-year change: +11.1%Five-year change: +37.6%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 4.3% over the last six months, against +8.1% in the six before: rises are slowing.
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What next door costs
Kirklees is the 4th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Barnsley£627£749£1,0832Bradford£679£813£1,1153Calderdale£681£813£1,119
4KirkleesYou are here£710£864£1,228
5Wakefield£721£863£1,2096Rochdale£789£948£1,3607Oldham£868£1,054£1,437
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.