Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Tameside (July 2026)
The average private rent in Tameside is £927 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £211,304 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.3%, ranked 52 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Tameside
The average private rent across all property types is £927 a month (+5.7% on a year earlier). The regional median in the North West is £816.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £682 | £8,184 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £881 | £10,572 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,058 | £12,696 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,396 | £16,752 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Tameside: one to two bedrooms adds 29.2% to the rent, two to three adds 20.1% and three to four-plus adds 31.9% (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 Tameside
The average price paid is £211,304 (+2.2% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £368,498 |
| Semi-detached | £241,914 |
| Terraced | £185,060 |
| Flat | £124,201 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Tameside. Rents moved +5.7% over the year against +2.2% for prices — a gap of 3.5 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Tameside ranks 84th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 189th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Tameside
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £881 | £124,201 | 8.5% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,058 | £185,060 | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,058 | £241,914 | 5.2% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,396 | £368,498 | 4.5% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Tameside is on flats at 8.5%, 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 5.3% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 52 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.9%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £27,810 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 30% of EPCs lodged in Tameside over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 27% at D (EPC ratings in Tameside).
- Council tax: Band D in Tameside is £2,447 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Tameside).
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 £927 supports a loan of about £139,486, which is 66% 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 Tameside
- Yield calculator with £211,304 and £927 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £927 a month
- Rental income tax on £11,124 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the North West
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyndburn | £645 | £138,818 | 5.6% | +3.8% |
| Knowsley | £844 | £189,116 | 5.4% | +10.4% |
| Pendle | £666 | £149,613 | 5.3% | +6.2% |
| Bolton | £884 | £202,770 | 5.2% | +9.9% |
| Oldham | £931 | £214,850 | 5.2% | +11% |
| St Helens | £802 | £186,435 | 5.2% | +6.1% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Tameside · EPC ratings in Tameside.
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.
Asked about this area
£927 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 5.7% on a year earlier.
£211,304 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.3% gross on the averages — £927 rent against a £211,304 price — ranking 52 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.5% gross (£881 rent on a £124,201 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +5.7% against prices +2.2% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £27,810 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Tameside
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all M postcodes · all OL postcodes · all SK postcodes.