Appendix 4 - Estimated Projected Average Rents
Perth and Kinross Council · 21 January 2026
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Appendix 4 Scottish Average Rents Per Dwelling (£ per house per week) Actual 2025-26 Estimated 2026-27 Estimated % Increase rank 2025-26 Estimated rank 2026-27 Movement City of Edinburgh 120.35 128.77 7.00% 1 1 → West Dunbartonshire 102.02 110.18 8.00% 2 2 → Clackmannanshire 98.70 108.57 10.00% 4 3 ↑1 Renfrewshire 99.34 106.79 7.50% 3 4 ↓1 Shetland Islands 96.69 103.46 7.00% 8 5 ↑3 Aberdeen City 95.99 103.19 7.50% 9 6 ↑3 East Renfrewshire 98.21 103.02 4.90% 6 7 ↓1 Orkney Islands 98.48 102.42 4.00% 5 8 ↓3 Aberdeenshire 97.19 102.05 5.00% 7 9 ↓2 Midlothian 94.80 99.35 4.80% 10 10 → North Lanarkshire 92.69 99.18 7.00% 12 11 ↑1 Scotland 92.97 98.72 6.19% Fife 92.64 98.20 6.00% 13 12 ↑1 East Dunbartonshire 93.67 97.42 4.00% 11 13 ↓2 East Ayrshire 90.92 97.28 7.00% 16 14 ↑2 Highland 89.46 96.62 8.00% 18 15 ↑3 South Lanarkshire 89.77 95.61 6.50% 17 16 ↑1 Dundee City 91.06 95.16 4.50% 15 17 ↓2 North Ayrshire 91.12 94.62 3.84% 14 18 ↓4 Falkirk 86.14 94.32 9.50% 22 19 ↑3 East Lothian 87.60 93.29 6.50% 21 20 ↑1 West Lothian 89.14 92.26 3.50% 19 21 ↓2 South Ayrshire 88.02 91.98 4.50% 20 22 ↓2 Perth & Kinross 84.52 90.01 6.50% 24 23 ↑1 Stirling 83.72 89.75 7.20% 25 24 ↑1 Angus 84.91 89.33 5.20% 23 25 ↓2 Moray 80.32 85.14 6.00% 26 26 → Please note that rank 1 is the highest rent in Scotland and an upward movement means that the Council has become more expensive. The above table predicts the position of Perth & Kinross based on a rent increase of 6.5% and the assumption that every other Council will increase their rents by the same as last year.