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Cheapest places to live in Wales

Official UK House Price Index, July 2026.

The cheapest place to live in Wales is Blaenau Gwent, where the average home sold for £144,294 in July 2026, 4.5% up on a year earlier. We ranked all 22 local authority areas in Wales by average sold price.

Top 20 cheapest areas

  1. 1Blaenau Gwent£144,2944.5% up
  2. 2Merthyr Tydfil£156,7214.0% up
  3. 3Rhondda Cynon Taf£164,1924.7% up
  4. 4Neath Port Talbot£168,0822.9% up
  5. 5Caerphilly£197,5424.2% up
  6. 6Carmarthenshire£199,0256.0% up
  7. 7Torfaen£199,1840.5% down
  8. 8Denbighshire£201,4523.6% up
  9. 9Gwynedd£204,9745.5% up
  10. 10Swansea£205,3830.2% down
  11. 11Pembrokeshire£208,6154.7% down
  12. 12Bridgend£209,5693.7% up
  13. 13Wrexham£212,7782.2% up
  14. 14Flintshire£215,8922.3% up
  15. 15Conwy£217,8291.7% up
  16. 16Newport£229,2002.0% up
  17. 17Isle of Anglesey£231,9430.3% down
  18. 18Ceredigion£235,1601.2% down
  19. 19Powys£237,7623.8% up
  20. 20Cardiff£272,2522.7% up

Cheapest by home type

  • Flats

    Merthyr Tydfil · £69,683

  • Terraced houses

    Blaenau Gwent · £132,164

  • Semi-detached houses

    Blaenau Gwent · £158,405

  • Detached houses

    Blaenau Gwent · £235,985

How we ranked this

Each area is a council or local authority, ranked by its average sold price in the official UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services). This ranks house prices only, not rent or wider living costs. The list updates automatically each month.

Questions

What is the cheapest place to live in Wales?
By average house price, Blaenau Gwent is the cheapest local area in Wales, where homes sold for an average of £144,294 in July 2026.
How does Blaenau Gwent compare with the rest of Wales?
The typical local area in Wales has an average price of £209,569, so Blaenau Gwent is £65,275 cheaper than the middle of the table.
Where are flats cheapest in Wales?
Merthyr Tydfil, with an average flat price of £69,683.
How often is this list updated?
Every month. The figures come straight from the official UK House Price Index, so this page updates itself when new data is published.

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