Most expensive and cheapest places in Wales to rent a three-bedroom home (September 2026)
Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in September 2026 (three-bedroom private rent £1,212).
Blaenau Gwent was the cheapest (£689). The middle council, Denbighshire, had £816.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £1,212 |
| 2 | Monmouthshire | £1,066 |
| 3 | Vale of Glamorgan | £991 |
| 4 | Newport | £967 |
| 5 | Torfaen | £900 |
| 6 | Flintshire | £899 |
| 7 | Swansea | £898 |
| 8 | Conwy | £865 |
| 9 | Wrexham | £842 |
| 10 | Bridgend | £818 |
| 11 | Denbighshire | £816 |
| 12 | Gwynedd | £808 |
| 13 | Isle of Anglesey | £802 |
| 14 | Caerphilly | £781 |
| 15 | Ceredigion | £768 |
| 16 | Pembrokeshire | £762 |
| 17 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £750 |
| 18 | Carmarthenshire | £744 |
| 19 | Neath Port Talbot | £728 |
| 20 | Merthyr Tydfil | £722 |
| 21 | Powys | £703 |
| 22 | Blaenau Gwent | £689 |