Renting in Cardiff
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,557 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cardiff is £1,635 a month, from 2,557 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £900/moasking · 498 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,250/moasking · 618 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,650/moasking · 255 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,000/moasking · 1,146 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £590/moasking · 79 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Cardiff by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cardiff, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Cardiff
Cardiff currently has 2,636 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,557 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cardiff is £1,635 a month, from 2,557 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 1,105 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 54% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,025 a month in CF5 (43 live listings) to £2,360 in CF24 (1,275 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Cardiff (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Cardiff, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Cardiff is £900 a month, 45% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 498 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Cardiff is £1,250 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 618 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Cardiff is £1,650 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 255 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Cardiff is £3,000 a month, 83% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 1,146 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Cardiff is £590 a month, from 79 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Cardiff is £1,179 a month, up 3.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+3.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+37%
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. How we measure this
Affordability · ONS ASHE
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 pay
£32,756/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
43%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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. How we measure this
Property types
44% of listings
52% of listings
4% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 62% of the 1,167 houses currently advertised in Cardiff.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 2,151 live listings in 12 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Cardiff, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cardiff, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Cardiff
Live signal across 2,636 Cardiff rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
80%
of 401 Cardiff listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
75%
of 392 Cardiff listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
1,105 homes came onto the Cardiff rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Anchor Works, Dumballs Road, CF10
2 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Cardiff
5 bed property
Malefant Street, Cathays, Cardiff CF24
2 bed property
Alderney House, Ferry Court, Cardiff Bay CF11
2 bed property
Richmond Road, Roath CF24
2 bed property
6 bed property
Woodville Road, Cathays, Cardiff CF24
5 bed property
Moira Street, Adamsdown CF24
5 bed property
Angus Street, Roath CF24
4 bed property
Tewkesbury Street, Cathays CF24
4 bed property
Talworth Street, Roath CF24
4 bed property
Tewkesbury Street, Cathays CF24
4 bed property
Moira Place, Adamsdown CF24
3 bed property
North Road, Cardiff CF14
2 bed property
Dowlais Arcade, West Bute Street, Cardiff CF10
1 bed property
Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10
1 bed property
Dowlais Arcade, West Bute Street, Cardiff CF10
1 bed property
Altolusso, Cardiff CF10
2 bed property
Pencisley Road, Cardiff CF5
3 bed property
Colum Road, Cardiff CF10
2 bed property
Cambridge Street, Cardiff CF11
2 bed property
Retford Court, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14
Studio property
Cardiff CF24
Studio property
Cardiff CF24
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Cardiff. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
D
most common band
Mean band
4.21
≈ Band D–E
Stock
165k
165,480 properties
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
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
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
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
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Cardiff has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 39 of 39 postcode districts analysed, the median was 156 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Cardiff is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (389) · pop. ~19,000
Most common: Violent crime (354) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (123) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (209) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~9,000
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.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cardiff is £1,635 a month, from 2,557 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Cardiff is £900 a month, 45% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 498 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Cardiff is £1,250 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 618 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Cardiff is £1,650 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 255 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Cardiff is £3,000 a month, 83% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 1,146 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Cardiff is £590 a month, from 79 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,636 rental properties available in Cardiff, with 1,105 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Cardiff has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 156 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Cardiff is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Wales
How Cardiff compares with the other 6 places we track in Wales — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Wales, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cardiff, updated 28 October 2026.
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