Renting in Merthyr Tydfil
Median asking rent · all sizes · 80 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Merthyr Tydfil is £775 a month, from 80 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £650/moasking · 15 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £775/moasking · 30 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £800/moasking · 28 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 Merthyr Tydfil by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/merthyr-tydfil, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil currently has 80 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Merthyr Tydfil is £775 a month, from 80 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 19 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 81% 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 £788 a month in CF48 (16 live listings) to £800 in CF47 (28 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Merthyr Tydfil (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 Merthyr Tydfil, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £650 a month, 16% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 15 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £800 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 28 live listings on four property sites (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 Merthyr Tydfil is £754 a month, down 1.9% 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
-1.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+43%
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 Merthyr Tydfil spend an estimated 29% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,504/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
29%
Very affordable — well below 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
19% of listings
81% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 47% of the 55 houses currently advertised in Merthyr Tydfil.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 45 live listings in 2 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 Merthyr Tydfil, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/merthyr-tydfil, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
19 homes came onto the Merthyr Tydfil rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Mount Pleasant, Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil CF48
2 bed property
Gilfach Cynon, Merthyr Tydfil CF47
2 bed house
2 bed house
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Newcastle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
1 bed flat/apartment
Clos Cwm Golau, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
2 bed semi-detached house
Gilfach Cynon, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
3 bed house
High Street, Cae Harris
3 bed house
Chapel Banks, Merthyr Tydfil
3 bed property
Hankey Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
3 bed terraced house
Tanybryn Place, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9EJ
2 bed terraced house
Nightingale Street, Abercanaid, CF48
3 bed terraced house
Heol Tai Mawr, MERTHYR TYDFIL
1 bed flat/apartment
Josiah Court, Dowlais
3 bed terraced house
Harrison Street, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9SJ
1 bed property
High Street, Merthyr
2 bed semi-detached house
Gilfach Cynon, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
3 bed property
Chapel Banks, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48
3 bed terraced house
Morgan Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
1 bed property
High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
3 bed property
High Street, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48
2 bed terraced house
High Street, Merthyr tydfil
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Merthyr Tydfil homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 27,560 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.01
≈ Band B–C
Stock
28k
27,560 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
78% of Merthyr Tydfil premises can already get full-fibre and 78% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
78%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
78%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
427 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Merthyr Tydfil), July 2025, covering 27,482 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
44% of Merthyr Tydfil 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
44%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
56%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
24k
23,575 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Merthyr Tydfil. 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), Merthyr Tydfil has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 27 of 27 postcode districts analysed, the median was 83 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Merthyr Tydfil is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Merthyr Tydfil ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
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 (100) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (16) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (19) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Violent crime (100) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (51) · pop. ~6,000
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 Merthyr Tydfil is £775 a month, from 80 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £650 a month, 16% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 15 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Merthyr Tydfil is £800 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 28 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 80 rental properties available in Merthyr Tydfil, with 19 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Merthyr Tydfil has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 83 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 Merthyr Tydfil is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Wales
How Merthyr Tydfil compares with the other 6 places we track in Wales — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Wales, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/merthyr-tydfil, updated 28 October 2026.
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