Most expensive and cheapest places in Wales to rent a four-bedroom home (September 2026)
Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in September 2026 (four-bedroom or larger private rent £1,705).
Blaenau Gwent was the cheapest (£902). The middle council, Denbighshire, had £1,119.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £1,705 |
| 2 | Monmouthshire | £1,495 |
| 3 | Vale of Glamorgan | £1,471 |
| 4 | Torfaen | £1,385 |
| 5 | Newport | £1,365 |
| 6 | Flintshire | £1,335 |
| 7 | Swansea | £1,276 |
| 8 | Conwy | £1,238 |
| 9 | Wrexham | £1,228 |
| 10 | Bridgend | £1,144 |
| 11 | Denbighshire | £1,119 |
| 12 | Caerphilly | £1,101 |
| 13 | Isle of Anglesey | £1,089 |
| 14 | Merthyr Tydfil | £1,087 |
| 15 | Ceredigion | £1,086 |
| 16 | Gwynedd | £1,059 |
| 17 | Pembrokeshire | £1,039 |
| 18 | Carmarthenshire | £1,002 |
| 19 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £985 |
| 20 | Neath Port Talbot | £978 |
| 21 | Powys | £953 |
| 22 | Blaenau Gwent | £902 |