The up-to-date costs to rent a home across Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan Tameside has seen the largest growth in rent prices over the last 12 months(Image: Getty Images)

Renting a property is becoming even more expensive across Greater Manchester as prices are continuing to rise.

Average private rents in Manchester increased to £1,317 per month in the last 12 months, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The increase works out at an extra 5.1 per cent a year that renters are now having to find, as a housing charity warns that soaring rents could push people into homelessness.

This comes as separate figures from the ONS showed that annual growth in employees’ average earnings across the UK was 4.8 per cent, meaning wages are failing to keep up with rent rises.

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Rents in Manchester have soared by nearly three-times as much in the last five years. The average cost of private rent in the city increased by £383 between August 2020 and 2025.

Elsewhere in our region, Tameside has seen the largest growth in rent prices over the last 12 months.

It now cost £885 a month on average to rent a home in the borough, which has gone up by 10.8 percent compared to a year ago, equivalent to an extra £87 a month.

In comparison, the average private rent in the UK increased by £73 a month to £1,348 in the last 12 months, which works out at an extra 5.7 per cent.

Rent costs are continuing to climb across the UK(Image: Getty Images)

Ben Twomey, Chief Executive at Generation Rent, said: “Homes are the foundations of our lives, but rents continue to rise faster than our wages, swallowing more and more of our income.

“High rents push people into homelessness and trap them in temporary accommodation, they pull children into poverty and prevent people from saving for the future.

“We rightly have caps on our energy and water bills, but the same protections don’t exist to stop landlords from pricing us out of our homes. The government can and must act through devolving powers to Mayors to limit rent increases in their areas.”

Here are the latest average rent costs in every Greater Manchester borough and how much rents have risen by annually, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics:

Bolton

Average rent: £805

Annual change: 5.7 per cent

Bury

Average rent: £962

Annual change: 9.5 per cent

Manchester

Average rent: £1,317

Annual change: 5.1 per cent

Rent costs have risen by 5.1 percent in Manchester(Image: Getty Images)Oldham

Average rent: £838

Annual change: 5.3 per cent

Rochdale

Average rent: £788

Annual change: 9.6 per cent

Salford

Average rent: £1,132

Annual change: 6.6 per cent

Stockport

Average rent: £1,062

Annual change: 6.2 per cent

Tameside

Average rent: £885

Annual change: 10.8 per cent

Trafford

Average rent: £1,336

Annual change: 6.6 per cent

Wigan

Average rent: £700

Annual change: 7.4 per cent

You can see how much rents have gone up in your area using our interactive map: