Renting in Cardiff

Average Rent in Cardiff: £1,150/mo

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Median asking rent across 9,611 live Cardiff listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£1,150 /month

9,611 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Cardiff by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£854/mo	352
1 bed	£900/mo	3,619
2 bed	£1,250/mo	3,147
3 bed	£1,450/mo	812
4+ bed	£2,300/mo	1,046
Room (house share)	£595/mo	635

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Cardiff

What it costs to rent in Cardiff

Cardiff currently has 9,611 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,150 a month. 325 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 24% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is CF95 at around £1,000/mo, while CF30 sits nearer £1,400/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Cardiff around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Cardiff by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 9,611 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Cardiff

£854/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Cardiff is £854 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 352 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Cardiff

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Cardiff is £900 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 3,619 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Cardiff

£1,250/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Cardiff is £1,250 a month, 9% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 3,147 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Cardiff

£1,450/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Cardiff is £1,450 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 812 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Cardiff

£2,300/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Cardiff is £2,300 a month, 100% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 1,046 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Cardiff

£595/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Cardiff house share is £595 a month, 48% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 635 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Cardiff rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Cardiff. Latest: £1,169/mo (Jul 26, +3.4% YoY).

Latest

£1,169

Jul 26

Annual

+3.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£859

Aug 21

Total change

+36%

since 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Cardiff pay goes on rent?

Renters in Cardiff spend an estimated 43% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,169/mo

£14,028/yr

Median pay

£32,756/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

43%

Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.

0%30% threshold80%

Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.

Property types

What’s on offer in Cardiff

Flats & apartments

5562

70% of listings

Houses

1726

22% of listings

Rooms

635

8% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Cardiff — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 46% of the 1,732 houses currently advertised in Cardiff.

Terraced
46%802
Other house
38%665
Semi-detached
11%191
Detached
4%70
Bungalow
0%4

Rent by postcode

Where Cardiff rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 5,462 live listings in 13 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Cardiff

1CF30£1,400/mo29 rentals
2CF10£1,255/mo1331 rentals
3CF14£1,250/mo435 rentals

Cheapest in Cardiff

1CF95£1,000/mo227 rentals
2CF24£1,100/mo2021 rentals
3CF11£1,100/mo615 rentals

Features · Cardiff

Garden, parking, and floor area in Cardiff

Live signal across 9,611 Cardiff rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

79%

of 1,618 Cardiff listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

84%

of 2,269 Cardiff listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£2.05 /sqft

Median 692 sqft across 991 Cardiff listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Cardiff this week

325 homes came onto the Cardiff rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Cardiff

Most Cardiff homes sit in Band D. The weighted average works out close to Band D–E across 165,480 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

4.21

≈ Band D–E

Stock

165k

165,480 properties

A
3%5,310
B
12%20,320
C
21%34,590
D
22%37,090
E
19%31,280
F
13%22,080
G
6%10,510
H
2%2,840
I
1%1,470

Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.

Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Cardiff

85% of Cardiff premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

85%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

481 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
85%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Cardiff), July 2025, covering 160,427 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Cardiff homes

51% of Cardiff homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.

Bands A–C

51%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

49%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

148k

147,875 EPCs

A
1%1,161
B
11%16,073
C
39%57,656
D
38%55,783
E
10%14,454
F
1%2,158
G
0%590

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Cardiff. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Area safety

Safety in Cardiff

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Cardiff has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 39 of 39 postcode districts analysed, the median was 148 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Cardiff is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

148 crimes per area (median)
39 of 39 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Cardiff’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Cardiff

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Canton has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Cardiff.

Cathays
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (427) · pop. ~19,000
76
per 1k
Roath
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (364) · pop. ~14,000
99
per 1k
Canton
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (162) · pop. ~15,000
36
per 1k
Pontcanna
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (237) · pop. ~8,000
103
per 1k
Llandaff
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (93) · pop. ~9,000
38
per 1k

Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Where we search

Cardiff listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Cardiff.

Rightmove

6933

OpenRent

1004

PrimeLocation

638

SpareRoom

635

OnTheMarket

401

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Frequently asked

Renting in Cardiff — your questions answered

How much is rent in Cardiff?

The average (median) asking rent in Cardiff is £1,150 a month — a 1-bed is £900 and a 2-bed £1,250, based on 9,611 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a studio in Cardiff is £854 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 352 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Cardiff is £900 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 3,619 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Cardiff is £1,250 a month, 9% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 3,147 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Cardiff is £1,450 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 812 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Cardiff is £2,300 a month, 100% above the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 1,046 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Cardiff?

The median asking rent for a room in a Cardiff house share is £595 a month, 48% below the city-wide median of £1,150, based on 635 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Cardiff?

There are currently 9,611 rental properties available in Cardiff, with 325 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Cardiff safe for renters?

Cardiff has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 148 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Cardiff?

The most commonly reported crime category in Cardiff is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

Across Wales

Average rent across Wales

How Cardiff compares with the other 6 places we track in Wales — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.

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