Local authorities within Scotland · Rent

Asking rent: local authorities in Scotland ranked

Where are rents highest, and lowest? Every local authoritie in Scotland on its 12-month asking rent, 12 months to Jul 2026; ties share a rank, and the sample sits beside every value.

Local authorities ranked

29 of 32

Median

£868 a month

Highest

City of Edinburgh · £1,518 a month

Lowest

North Ayrshire · £668 a month

3 of the 32 local authorities are not ranked: 3 with no published figure.

Asking rent, 12 months to Jul 2026

Asking rent: local authorities in Scotland ranked. Sample and confidence tier beside every value; ties share a rank.
#	Area	Asking rent	Sample	Tier	Change
1	City of Edinburgh	£1,518 a month	5,260	measured	—
2	East Renfrewshire	£1,278 a month	300	measured	—
3	Glasgow City	£1,261 a month	6,496	measured	—
4	East Lothian	£1,190 a month	331	measured	—
5	Midlothian	£1,167 a month	229	measured	—
6	Stirling	£1,145 a month	799	measured	—
7	East Dunbartonshire	£1,120 a month	441	measured	—
8	West Lothian

How this table is built

Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from the area_facts listing rollup. Asking, not achieved.
Each place's 12-month figure is the monthly medians weighted by their sample; a place with fewer than 30 lets over the year is not ranked.
measured: a sample of at least three times the floor; indicative: at least the floor.
Ties share a rank and order by sample.
Twelve months for every place; no monthly point is ranked.
No monthly point is ranked: a postcode district records a handful of sales a month, and a month-on-month change there is noise.

Questions

Which local authoritie in Scotland has the highest asking rent?: City of Edinburgh, at £1,518 a month (5,260 observations), over the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Which has the lowest?: North Ayrshire, at £668 a month (410 observations).
What is the median asking rent across Scotland?: £868 a month across the 29 local authorities ranked. 3 of the 32 local authorities are not ranked: 3 with no published figure.

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Asking rent, 12 months to Jul 2026

Asking rent: local authorities in Scotland ranked. Sample and confidence tier beside every value; ties share a rank.
#	Area	Asking rent	Sample	Tier	Change
1	City of Edinburgh	£1,518 a month	5,260	measured	—
2	East Renfrewshire	£1,278 a month	300	measured	—
3	Glasgow City	£1,261 a month	6,496	measured	—
4	East Lothian	£1,190 a month	331	measured	—
5	Midlothian	£1,167 a month	229	measured	—
6	Stirling	£1,145 a month	799	measured	—
7	East Dunbartonshire	£1,120 a month	441	measured	—
8	West Lothian

How this table is built

Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from the area_facts listing rollup. Asking, not achieved.

Each place's 12-month figure is the monthly medians weighted by their sample; a place with fewer than 30 lets over the year is not ranked.

measured: a sample of at least three times the floor; indicative: at least the floor.

Ties share a rank and order by sample.

Twelve months for every place; no monthly point is ranked.

No monthly point is ranked: a postcode district records a handful of sales a month, and a month-on-month change there is noise.

Questions

Which local authoritie in Scotland has the highest asking rent?

City of Edinburgh, at £1,518 a month (5,260 observations), over the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Which has the lowest?

North Ayrshire, at £668 a month (410 observations).

What is the median asking rent across Scotland?

£868 a month across the 29 local authorities ranked. 3 of the 32 local authorities are not ranked: 3 with no published figure.