Most expensive and cheapest places in Wales to rent a one-bedroom home (September 2026)

Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in September 2026 (one-bedroom private rent £910).

Powys was the cheapest (£464). The middle council, Ceredigion, had £563.

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One-bedroom private rent for every council in Wales, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Cardiff£910
2Monmouthshire£730
3Vale of Glamorgan£723
4Newport£700
5Swansea£689
6Torfaen£619
=7Flintshire£599
=7Wrexham£599
9Conwy£590
10Bridgend£564
=11Ceredigion£563
=11Gwynedd£563
13Caerphilly£554
=14Denbighshire£553
=14Isle of Anglesey£553
=14Merthyr Tydfil£553
17Rhondda Cynon Taf£524
18Pembrokeshire£516
19Blaenau Gwent£504
20Carmarthenshire£503
21Neath Port Talbot£501
22Powys£464

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