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The average house price in Torfaen is £216,438 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 1.5%.

Cymru Wales

Torfaen

£216,438

Average price, last 12 months

+1.5% in a year
OCT 2016£143kSEPT 2026£216k

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What can I buy with my budget in Torfaen?

With £220,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Torfaen.

£220,000

Torfaen

  • Flats

    £110,882

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £166,393

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £215,877

    In budget

  • Detached

    £352,443

    £132k 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 Torfaen?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Torfaen costs £1,083 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Torfaen

    £1,083

    a month

    Average price
    £216,438
    Deposit
    £21,644
    Mortgage
    £194,794
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £43,288

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

  • £352,443

Semi-detached

  • £215,877

Terraced

  • £166,393

Flats

  • £110,882

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Torfaen

Mostly terraced houses

21%
26%
47%

How much do prices vary within Torfaen?

In Torfaen the priciest area costs 2.3× the cheapest.

Torfaen16 areas

Cheapest: Blaenavon, £166,450. Priciest: Ponthir, £385,850.

Blaenavon: £166,450Pen Tranch: £179,837Trevethin: £186,445Pontymoile: £186,520Cwmbran Central: £195,100Upper Cwmbran: £201,894Abersychan: £208,187Panteg: £212,710Fairwater: £226,490Pontnewydd: £228,204Croesyceiliog: £230,408New Inn: £253,898Llanyrafon: £256,334Llantarnam: £260,076Henllys: £277,706Ponthir: £385,850
  • Torfaen average, £216,438

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 Torfaen?

Torfaen has 33 public parks among 295 green space sites. Green space covers 2.6% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Torfaen

    2.6%

    of the land is green space
    36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    33 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 Torfaen?

Torfaen has about 5.2 residents for every football pitch of land, or 1,891 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Torfaen
5.2 people per football pitch of land · 1,891 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 Torfaen?

Prices in Torfaen were down on a year earlier in 12 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now up 1.5% on a year earlier.

Torfaen12 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

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £216,438

Change over 1 year

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    +£3,267

Change over ~10 years

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    +£73,924

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    898

Number of postcodes

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    4,221

Households (Census 2021)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    40,256

Household density

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    825 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    92,235

Population density

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    1,891 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    36 m² per resident · more than 59% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    2.6%

Public parks

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    33

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    104 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    +1.2%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    24 per 1,000

Background NO₂ (µg/m³)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    6.7 µg/m³ · Typical

Background PM2.5 (µg/m³)

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    6.7 µg/m³ · Low

Listed buildings

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    260

Listed buildings per 1,000 homes

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    6.5 per 1,000 homes · fewer 69% of areas

Homes in a conservation area

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    No council data

Peak month

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    JUN 2025 · £238,555

Most common price band

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £200k – £300k · 29.9%

Detached average

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £352,443

Semi-detached average

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £215,877

Terraced average

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £166,393

Flats average

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    £110,882

Detached share of sales

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    21.5%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    26.0%

Terraced share of sales

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    47.3%

Flats share of sales

  • Torfaen

    Cymru Wales / Torfaen

    5.3%

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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