# Cheapest and most expensive places in Wales to buy a flat (August 2026)

Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in August 2026 (flat price £161,334).

Merthyr Tydfil was the cheapest (£66,539). The middle council, Ceredigion, had £109,045.

| Rank | Area | Flat price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | £161,334 |
| 2 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | £154,906 |
| 3 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | £149,556 |
| 4 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | £140,634 |
| 5 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | £128,312 |
| 6 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | £114,576 |
| 7 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | £114,399 |
| 8 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | £112,603 |
| 9 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | £111,974 |
| 10 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | £110,592 |
| 11 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | £109,045 |
| 12 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | £107,670 |
| 13 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | £107,649 |
| 14 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | £105,420 |
| 15 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | £98,224 |
| 16 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | £96,510 |
| 17 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | £95,706 |
| 18 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | £92,297 |
| 19 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | £86,131 |
| 20 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | £82,192 |
| 21 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | £81,379 |
| 22 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | £66,539 |

Source: UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry and partners. Period: August 2026. Period: August 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/scotland)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/flat-prices)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flat-prices)

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/flat-prices/wales