Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan
Cardiff£304,697
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Cardiff is £304,697 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 1.8%.
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan
Cardiff£304,697
Average price, last 12 months
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With £310,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Cardiff.
Flats
£172,435
In budget
Terraced
£282,640
In budget
Semi-detached
£350,369
£40k short
Detached
£512,337
£202k 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.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Cardiff costs £1,524 a month.
£1,524
a month
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.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly terraced houses
In Cardiff the priciest area costs 4.0× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Castle, £155,685. Priciest: Lisvane, £627,494.
Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.
Cardiff has 115 public parks among 559 green space sites. Green space covers 7.7% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
7.7%
of the land is green space
32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
115 public parks
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.
Cardiff has about 17 residents for every football pitch of land, or 6,270 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in Cardiff were down on a year earlier in 9 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now up 1.8% on a year earlier.
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.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£304,697
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
+£5,377
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
+£95,770
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
4,045
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
18,007
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
147,329
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
2,549 per sq mi · Very High
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
362,356
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
6,270 per sq mi · Very High
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
32 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
7.7%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
115
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
104 per 1,000 · Very High
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
+2.5%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
14 per 1,000
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
DEC 2025 · £344,589
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£200k – £300k · 34.5%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£512,337
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£350,369
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£282,640
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
£172,435
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
13.3%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
25.2%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
38.7%
Cardiff
Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff
22.8%
| Metric | Cardiff Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £304,697 |
| Change over 1 year | +£5,377 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£95,770 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 4,045 |
| Number of postcodes | 18,007 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 147,329 |
| Household density | 2,549 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 362,356 |
| Population density | 6,270 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 32 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 7.7% |
| Public parks | 115 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 104 per 1,000 · Very High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +2.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 14 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | DEC 2025 · £344,589 |
| Most common price band | £200k – £300k · 34.5% |
| Detached average | £512,337 |
| Semi-detached average | £350,369 |
| Terraced average | £282,640 |
| Flats average | £172,435 |
| Detached share of sales | 13.3% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 25.2% |
| Terraced share of sales | 38.7% |
| Flats share of sales | 22.8% |
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.
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