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Home rental costs across Jamaica

This survey asks tenants and landlords about home rentals across Jamaica. It covers property type, furnishing, the monthly rent, what the rent includes, and the deposit. It also asks about leases, problems, and how the rent changed over the past year.

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Survey at a glance
Responses
378 published
Questions
17
Time
About 6 minutes
Fielded
Since July 2026
Coverage
Jamaica
Mode
myVoice online panel
Unlock
200 pts a question
What this survey asks

17 questions in 5 themes

The full questionnaire, grouped by theme. Answers stay anonymous, and respondents may skip any question.

Who is answering, and the propertyQ1–Q3 · 3 questions
  1. Are you currently renting a home, or are you a landlord who rents out property?
  2. What type of rental property does this apply to?
  3. Is the property furnished or unfurnished?
Rent, inclusions and the agreementQ4–Q8 · 5 questions
  1. What is the monthly rent for the property?
  2. Which of the following are included in the rent?
  3. Do you have a written lease or rental agreement in place?
  4. Do you feel the current rent is fair for what you get?
  5. How many months' rent were required as a security deposit?
Problems, value and rent changesQ9–Q11 · 3 questions
  1. Which of the following issues have you experienced with this rental?
  2. How satisfied are you with the value for money of this rental?
  3. How has the rent changed over the past year?
How the property was foundQ12–Q13 · 2 questions
  1. How did you locate or list the property?
  2. What one thing would make renting a home in Jamaica more affordable or fair?
About the respondentQ14–Q17 · 4 questions
  1. Which parish are you from?
  2. What is your age group?
  3. What is your gender?
  4. What is your household income range (per year)?
What you can learn

Questions this data can answer

Monthly rent by property type, furnishing and parish
What is included in the rent
Whether there is a written lease, and how many months were taken as a deposit
Whether the rent feels fair for what people get
What problems tenants and landlords report
How the rent changed over the past year

Answers can be cut by the demographic questions the survey asks, such as parish, age group and gender.

Results are on myVoiceUnlock any question for 200 points, or ask Balcostics for the full dataset and a briefing.
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Method

Online survey of myVoice members across Jamaica, open since July 2026. Members choose to take part and are rewarded in points, so this is not a probability sample. Published counts leave out flagged and duplicate accounts (378 of 438 responses are published). Results are anonymised.

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