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The average house price in Caernarfon is £208,139 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 2.2%.

Cymru Wales / Gwynedd

Caernarfon

£208,139

Average price, last 12 months

+2.2% in a year
OCT 2016£150kSEPT 2026£208k

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What can I buy with my budget in Caernarfon?

With £210,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Caernarfon.

£210,000

Caernarfon

  • Flats

    £75,000

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £154,788

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £219,612

    £10k short

  • Detached

    £379,231

    £169k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Caernarfon?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Caernarfon costs £1,041 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Caernarfon

    £1,041

    a month

    Average price
    £208,139
    Deposit
    £20,814
    Mortgage
    £187,325
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £41,628

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £379,231

Semi-detached

  • £219,612

Terraced

  • £154,788

Flats

  • £75,000

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Caernarfon

Mostly terraced houses

17%
28%
51%

How green is Caernarfon?

Caernarfon has 1 public park among 43 green space sites. Green space covers 2.7% of the area: about 26 m² per resident, or 3.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Caernarfon

    2.7%

    of the land is green space
    26 m² per resident, or 3.6 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    1 public park

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Caernarfon?

Caernarfon has about 7.4 residents for every football pitch of land, or 2,684 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Caernarfon
7.4 people per football pitch of land · 2,684 per square mile

Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Caernarfon?

Prices in Caernarfon were down on a year earlier in 36 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now up 2.2% on a year earlier.

Caernarfon36 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £208,139

Change over 1 year

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    +£4,478

Change over ~10 years

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    +£56,212

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    78

Number of postcodes

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    451

Households (Census 2021)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    4,413

Household density

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    1,174 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    10,087

Population density

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    2,684 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    26 m² per resident · less than 58% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    2.7%

Public parks

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    1

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    134 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    −0.1%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    34 per 1,000

Background NO₂ (µg/m³)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    3.6 µg/m³ · Very Low

Background PM2.5 (µg/m³)

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    4.9 µg/m³ · Very Low

Listed buildings

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    258

Listed buildings per 1,000 homes

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    58.5 per 1,000 homes · more 84% of areas

Homes in a conservation area

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    No council data

Peak month

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    MAR 2026 · £392,500

Most common price band

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £150k – £200k · 27.6%

Detached average

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £379,231

Semi-detached average

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £219,612

Terraced average

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £154,788

Flats average

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    £75,000

Detached share of sales

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    17.1%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    28.0%

Terraced share of sales

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    51.0%

Flats share of sales

  • Caernarfon

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Caernarfon

    3.8%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and conservation areas from Historic England, planning.data.gov.uk and Cadw; "No council data" means the council has not published its conservation area boundaries. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), licensed under the Open Government Licence.

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