Cymru Wales
Torfaen£216,438
Average price, last 12 months
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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
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With £220,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in 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.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Torfaen costs £1,083 a month.
£1,083
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 Torfaen the priciest area costs 2.3× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Blaenavon, £166,450. Priciest: Ponthir, £385,850.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£216,438
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
+£3,267
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
+£73,924
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
898
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
4,221
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
40,256
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
825 per sq mi · Very High
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
92,235
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
1,891 per sq mi · Very High
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
36 m² per resident · more than 59% of areas
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
2.6%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
33
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
104 per 1,000 · Very High
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
+1.2%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
24 per 1,000
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
6.7 µg/m³ · Typical
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
6.7 µg/m³ · Low
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
260
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
6.5 per 1,000 homes · fewer 69% of areas
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
No council data
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
JUN 2025 · £238,555
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£200k – £300k · 29.9%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£352,443
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£215,877
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£166,393
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
£110,882
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
21.5%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
26.0%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
47.3%
Torfaen
Cymru Wales / Torfaen
5.3%
| Metric | Torfaen Cymru Wales / Torfaen |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £216,438 |
| Change over 1 year | +£3,267 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£73,924 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 898 |
| Number of postcodes | 4,221 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 40,256 |
| Household density | 825 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 92,235 |
| Population density | 1,891 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 36 m² per resident · more than 59% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 2.6% |
| Public parks | 33 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 104 per 1,000 · Very High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +1.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 24 per 1,000 |
| Background NO₂ (µg/m³) | 6.7 µg/m³ · Typical |
| Background PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 6.7 µg/m³ · Low |
| Listed buildings | 260 |
| Listed buildings per 1,000 homes | 6.5 per 1,000 homes · fewer 69% of areas |
| Homes in a conservation area | No council data |
| Peak month | JUN 2025 · £238,555 |
| Most common price band | £200k – £300k · 29.9% |
| Detached average | £352,443 |
| Semi-detached average | £215,877 |
| Terraced average | £166,393 |
| Flats average | £110,882 |
| Detached share of sales | 21.5% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 26.0% |
| Terraced share of sales | 47.3% |
| Flats share of sales | 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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