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Blaenau Gwent

Welsh council

South east Wales. 67,593 people in 109 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

17 of Blaenau Gwent’s 46 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£144,294
Up 4.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,797
55th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.1×
13th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population
66,904
16th lowest of 361
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Blaenau Gwent compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

Blaenau GwentMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Blaenau Gwent is £144,294.
£144,29414th lowest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Blaenau Gwent is 4.5%.
+4.5%joint 80th strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Blaenau Gwent is £34,797.
£34,79755th lowest
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Blaenau Gwent is 4.1×.
4.1×joint 13th most affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
Population: every council in UK361 areas from 2,053 to 1,144,919. The middle area is 143,926. Blaenau Gwent is 66,904.
66,90416th lowest

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and population.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Blaenau Gwent’s is 4.7 times its 2000 level, faster than Wales’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthBlaenau GwentWalesUnited Kingdom
Jan 2000£30,826£49,286£77,950
Jan 2001£30,816£51,586£85,794
Jan 2002£30,807£58,447£89,928
Jan 2003£34,048£73,663£114,996
Jan 2004£46,246£93,655£126,179
Jan 2005£69,712£117,235£138,759
Jan 2006£76,863£123,010£147,360
Jan 2007£82,916£132,332£162,825
Jan 2008£85,145£138,585£171,137
Jan 2009£76,392£118,377£144,840
Jan 2010£75,672£120,944£154,268
Jan 2011£66,996£120,980£154,113
Jan 2012£71,030£120,342£152,831
Jan 2013£74,888£120,804£154,495
Jan 2014£68,262£124,609£164,137
Jan 2015£74,673£128,912£175,636
Jan 2016£77,013£132,574£189,268
Jan 2017£80,158£138,614£198,276
Jan 2018£82,257£144,990£206,844
Jan 2019£87,960£150,122£210,317
Jan 2020£90,487£154,532£213,657
Jan 2021£101,339£169,842£228,417
Jan 2022£117,942£191,552£248,031
Jan 2023£134,524£201,853£260,941
Jan 2024£130,008£197,808£255,972
Jan 2025£133,139£206,010£264,936
Jan 2026£138,311£211,046£268,862
Jul 2026£144,294£215,037£272,611

Wards in Blaenau Gwent14

Middle areas in Blaenau Gwent9

Constituencies mostly in Blaenau Gwent1

Neighbourhoods in Blaenau Gwent46
Blaenau Gwent in brief

Blaenau Gwent’s average house price was £144,294 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Blaenau Gwent earned a median of £34,797 in 2025.

A home in Blaenau Gwent costs 4.1 times local full-time pay.

Blaenau Gwent had 66,904 usual residents at the census.