Compare house prices

How do I compare house prices between areas?

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

+1.8% in a year
OCT 2016£210kSEPT 2026£305k

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What can I buy with my budget in Cardiff?

With £310,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Cardiff.

£310,000

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.

How much would a mortgage cost in Cardiff?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Cardiff costs £1,524 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Cardiff

    £1,524

    a month

    Average price
    £304,697
    Deposit
    £30,470
    Mortgage
    £274,227
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £60,939

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

  • £512,337

Semi-detached

  • £350,369

Terraced

  • £282,640

Flats

  • £172,435

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Cardiff

Mostly terraced houses

13%
25%
39%
23%

How much do prices vary within Cardiff?

In Cardiff the priciest area costs 4.0× the cheapest.

Cardiff36 areas

Cheapest: Castle, £155,685. Priciest: Lisvane, £627,494.

Castle: £155,685Llanedeyrn: £180,164Butetown: £196,853Ely: £207,741Adamsdown: £208,425Grangetown: £211,439Caerau: £212,675Splott: £219,919Riverside: £225,652Llanrumney: £227,313Pentwyn: £233,191Fairwater: £243,524Rumney: £243,790Trowbridge: £245,463Roath: £262,030Llandaff North: £276,102Cathays: £298,650Gabalfa: £298,878Pontprennau: £310,085Llanishen: £313,434Thornhill: £320,883Canton: £321,650Old St. Mellons: £344,566Heath: £357,681Tongwynlais: £361,435Pontcanna: £376,340Whitchurch: £379,487Penylan: £380,230St. Fagans: £382,007Pentyrch: £395,316Radyr and Morganstown: £398,248Rhiwbina: £403,334Llandaff: £426,263Cyncoed: £536,344Tremorfa: £543,429Lisvane: £627,494
  • Cardiff average, £304,697

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.

How green is Cardiff?

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.

  • Cardiff

    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.

How crowded is Cardiff?

Cardiff has about 17 residents for every football pitch of land, or 6,270 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Cardiff
17 people per football pitch of land · 6,270 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 Cardiff?

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.

Cardiff9 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

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £304,697

Change over 1 year

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    +£5,377

Change over ~10 years

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    +£95,770

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    4,045

Number of postcodes

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    18,007

Households (Census 2021)

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    147,329

Household density

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    2,549 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    362,356

Population density

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    6,270 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    32 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    7.7%

Public parks

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    115

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    104 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    +2.5%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    14 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    DEC 2025 · £344,589

Most common price band

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £200k – £300k · 34.5%

Detached average

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £512,337

Semi-detached average

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £350,369

Terraced average

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £282,640

Flats average

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    £172,435

Detached share of sales

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    13.3%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    25.2%

Terraced share of sales

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    38.7%

Flats share of sales

  • Cardiff

    Cymru Wales / South Glamorgan / Cardiff

    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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