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Merthyr Tydfil

Welsh council

South Wales. 58,362 people in 112 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

12 of Merthyr Tydfil’s 36 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£156,721
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,152
67th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
Joint 24th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
58,362
Down 0.6% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025

How Merthyr Tydfil compares

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

Merthyr TydfilMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Merthyr Tydfil is £156,721.
£156,72122nd cheapest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Merthyr Tydfil is 4.0%.
+4.0%joint 94th strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Merthyr Tydfil is £35,152.
£35,15267th lowest paid
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Merthyr Tydfil is 4.5×.
4.5×joint 24th most affordable
Population estimate361 areas, UK · 2025
Population estimate: every council in UK361 areas from 2,299 to 1,176,960. The middle area is 148,772. Merthyr Tydfil is 58,362.
58,3629th least populated
Annual population change361 areas, UK · 2025
Annual population change: every council in UK361 areas from −3.5% to 2.4%. The middle area is 0.4%. Merthyr Tydfil is −0.6%.
−0.6%joint 25th slowest growing

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay, population estimate and annual population change.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Merthyr Tydfil’s is 4.6 times its 2000 level, faster than Wales’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthMerthyr TydfilWalesUnited Kingdom
Jan 2000£33,771£49,286£77,950
Jan 2001£31,189£51,586£85,794
Jan 2002£34,981£58,447£89,928
Jan 2003£42,671£73,663£114,996
Jan 2004£50,666£93,655£126,179
Jan 2005£69,241£117,235£138,759
Jan 2006£80,413£123,010£147,360
Jan 2007£93,674£132,332£162,825
Jan 2008£96,680£138,585£171,137
Jan 2009£84,498£118,377£144,840
Jan 2010£84,098£120,944£154,268
Jan 2011£83,447£120,980£154,113
Jan 2012£82,116£120,342£152,831
Jan 2013£81,525£120,804£154,495
Jan 2014£83,862£124,609£164,137
Jan 2015£86,659£128,912£175,636
Jan 2016£87,312£132,574£189,268
Jan 2017£92,303£138,614£198,276
Jan 2018£90,978£144,990£206,844
Jan 2019£97,846£150,122£210,317
Jan 2020£107,243£154,532£213,657
Jan 2021£116,722£169,842£228,417
Jan 2022£130,448£191,552£248,031
Jan 2023£143,917£201,853£260,941
Jan 2024£145,216£197,808£255,972
Jan 2025£145,814£206,010£264,936
Jan 2026£147,612£211,046£268,862
Jul 2026£156,721£215,037£272,611

Wards in Merthyr Tydfil11

Middle areas in Merthyr Tydfil7

Towns in Merthyr Tydfil1

Postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil1

Neighbourhoods in Merthyr Tydfil36
Merthyr Tydfil in brief

Merthyr Tydfil’s average house price was £156,721 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Merthyr Tydfil earned a median of £35,152 in 2025.

A home in Merthyr Tydfil costs 4.5 times local full-time pay.

Merthyr Tydfil’s population was an estimated 58,362 in mid-2025.