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South Wales. 381,516 people in 142 square kilometres.

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Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

56 of Cardiff’s 218 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£272,252
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,946
121st lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population
362,308
26th highest of 361
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Cardiff compares

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

CardiffMiddle
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. Cardiff is £272,252.
£272,252180th 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%. Cardiff is 2.7%.
+2.7%joint 153rd 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. Cardiff is £36,946.
£36,946121st 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×. Cardiff is 7.4×.
7.4×joint 167th least affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
Population: every council in UK361 areas from 2,053 to 1,144,919. The middle area is 143,926. Cardiff is 362,308.
362,30826th highest

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. Cardiff’s is 4.2 times its 2000 level, slower than Wales’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthCardiffWalesUnited Kingdom
Jan 2000£64,847£49,286£77,950
Jan 2001£71,536£51,586£85,794
Jan 2002£81,767£58,447£89,928
Jan 2003£104,772£73,663£114,996
Jan 2004£123,410£93,655£126,179
Jan 2005£148,113£117,235£138,759
Jan 2006£150,832£123,010£147,360
Jan 2007£158,858£132,332£162,825
Jan 2008£164,683£138,585£171,137
Jan 2009£144,674£118,377£144,840
Jan 2010£150,557£120,944£154,268
Jan 2011£149,893£120,980£154,113
Jan 2012£153,863£120,342£152,831
Jan 2013£155,336£120,804£154,495
Jan 2014£160,453£124,609£164,137
Jan 2015£174,787£128,912£175,636
Jan 2016£183,475£132,574£189,268
Jan 2017£189,176£138,614£198,276
Jan 2018£199,228£144,990£206,844
Jan 2019£206,483£150,122£210,317
Jan 2020£212,212£154,532£213,657
Jan 2021£220,906£169,842£228,417
Jan 2022£241,400£191,552£248,031
Jan 2023£265,280£201,853£260,941
Jan 2024£258,663£197,808£255,972
Jan 2025£265,913£206,010£264,936
Jan 2026£270,944£211,046£268,862
Jul 2026£272,252£215,037£272,611

Wards in Cardiff28

Middle areas in Cardiff48

Constituencies mostly in Cardiff3

Neighbourhoods in Cardiff218
Cardiff in brief

Cardiff’s average house price was £272,252 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Cardiff earned a median of £36,946 in 2025.

A home in Cardiff costs 7.4 times local full-time pay.

Cardiff had 362,308 usual residents at the census.