Most expensive and cheapest places in Wales to rent a two-bedroom home (September 2026)
Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in September 2026 (two-bedroom private rent £1,086).
Powys was the cheapest (£581). The middle council, Bridgend, had £703.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £1,086 |
| 2 | Monmouthshire | £921 |
| 3 | Vale of Glamorgan | £884 |
| 4 | Newport | £865 |
| 5 | Swansea | £798 |
| 6 | Torfaen | £769 |
| 7 | Flintshire | £763 |
| 8 | Conwy | £738 |
| 9 | Wrexham | £713 |
| 10 | Denbighshire | £711 |
| 11 | Bridgend | £703 |
| 12 | Isle of Anglesey | £697 |
| 13 | Caerphilly | £693 |
| 14 | Gwynedd | £679 |
| 15 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £669 |
| 16 | Ceredigion | £663 |
| 17 | Carmarthenshire | £650 |
| 18 | Pembrokeshire | £643 |
| 19 | Merthyr Tydfil | £640 |
| 20 | Neath Port Talbot | £636 |
| 21 | Blaenau Gwent | £605 |
| 22 | Powys | £581 |