Private sector rent statistics: 2010 - 2020

Broad Rental Market Area Profile – East Dunbartonshire

Note in the following text and charts that average rents that have changed within +/- 0.5% could be considered as being fairly similar to previous periods.

Average (mean) rents in East Dunbartonshire have increased for increased for 1 bedroom (2.3%), 2 bedroom (4.0%), 3 bedroom (3.2%), and 1 bedroom shared properties (1.2%), but have fallen for 4 bedroom properties (-3.0%), which compares to CPI inflation of 0.5% across this time period. Average rents for all property sizes have increased between 2010 and 2020, with increases ranging from 18.7% for 1 bedroom shared properties to 32.7% for 4 bedroom properties, which compares to CPI inflation of 21.5% across this time period.

For 1 bedroom properties, rents between 2010 and 2020 have increased more at the top end (upper quartile) that at bottom end (lower quartile) of the market, causing a slight widening of the gap between the top and bottom end of the market.

Average 2 bedroom rents have been similar to the Scotland average in each year since 2010, with the average rent in 2020 being £704 per month, compared to the Scotland average of £689.1