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Cardiff 040C

Neighbourhood

Central Cardiff. 2,077 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

In the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, Cardiff 040C is in decile 3.

Median sale price
£282,500
Joint 14,641st cheapest of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
2,098
Joint 3,950th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cardiff 040C compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

Cardiff 040CMiddle
Median sale price193 neighbourhoods, Cardiff · 2025
Median sale price: every neighbourhood in Cardiff193 areas from £143,750 to £700,000. The middle area is £270,000. Cardiff 040C is £282,500.
£282,50087th most expensive
Population218 neighbourhoods, Cardiff · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Cardiff218 areas from 1,041 to 4,266. The middle area is 1,591. Cardiff 040C is 2,098.
2,098joint 18th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage218 neighbourhoods, Cardiff · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Cardiff218 areas from 61.1% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.1%. Cardiff 040C is 93.8%.
93.8%joint 45th lowest
Claimant rate218 neighbourhoods, Cardiff · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Cardiff218 areas from 0.6% to 10.2%. The middle area is 3.3%. Cardiff 040C is 4.8%.
4.8%joint 70th highest

Is Cardiff 040C safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cardiff 040C at a rate of 167.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 96.6 per 1,000 people across Canton.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cardiff 040C.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (116), other crime (74) and shoplifting (66).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Cardiff

These figures are published for the whole of Cardiff, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Cardiff and not Cardiff 040C alone. See Cardiff

Average house price
£272,443
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,946
121st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 168th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
381,516
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Cardiff 040C in brief

The median price paid for a home in Cardiff 040C was £282,500 in 2025.

Cardiff 040C had 2,098 usual residents at the census.

In Cardiff 040C, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cardiff 040C, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.