Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Gloucester (July 2026)
The average private rent in Gloucester is £1,112 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £240,887 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.5%, ranked 30 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Gloucester
The average private rent across all property types is £1,112 a month (+7.4% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South West is £1,046.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £743 | £8,916 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £968 | £11,616 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,208 | £14,496 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,650 | £19,800 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Gloucester: one to two bedrooms adds 30.3% to the rent, two to three adds 24.8% and three to four-plus adds 36.6% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Gloucester
The average price paid is £240,887 (+5.6% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £417,263 |
| Semi-detached | £281,228 |
| Terraced | £210,719 |
| Flat | £133,396 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Gloucester. Rents moved +7.4% over the year against +5.6% for prices — a gap of 1.8 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Gloucester ranks 27th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 64th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Gloucester
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £968 | £133,396 | 8.7% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,208 | £210,719 | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,208 | £281,228 | 5.2% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,650 | £417,263 | 4.7% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Gloucester is on flats at 8.7%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 5.5% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 30 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.1%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £33,360 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 40% of EPCs lodged in Gloucester over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 34% at D (EPC ratings in Gloucester).
- Council tax: Band D in Gloucester is £2,356 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Gloucester).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £1,112 supports a loan of about £167,323, which is 69.5% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Gloucester
- Yield calculator with £240,887 and £1,112 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,112 a month
- Rental income tax on £13,344 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South West
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | £1,880 | £356,824 | 6.3% | +6.5% |
| Exeter | £1,320 | £280,982 | 5.6% | +1.3% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £1,881 | £404,480 | 5.6% | +7.4% |
| Plymouth | £1,001 | £222,817 | 5.4% | +5.2% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £1,399 | £312,162 | 5.4% | +3% |
| South Gloucestershire | £1,456 | £340,300 | 5.1% | +4.5% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Gloucester · EPC ratings in Gloucester.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
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£1,112 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 7.4% on a year earlier.
£240,887 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.5% gross on the averages — £1,112 rent against a £240,887 price — ranking 30 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.7% gross (£968 rent on a £133,396 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +7.4% against prices +5.6% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £33,360 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Gloucester
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all GL postcodes.