# Least and most affordable places in Wales to buy a home (2025)

Monmouthshire was the least affordable of Wales’s 22 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 7.9×).

Blaenau Gwent was the most affordable (4.1×). The middle council, Wrexham, had 6.1×.

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey.

| Rank | Area | House price to pay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 7.9× |
| 2 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 7.8× |
| 3 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 7.4× |
| 4 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 7.0× |
| =5 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 6.6× |
| =5 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 6.6× |
| 7 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 6.3× |
| =8 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 6.2× |
| =8 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 6.2× |
| =8 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 6.2× |
| 11 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 6.1× |
| =12 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 5.8× |
| =12 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 5.8× |
| =14 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 5.7× |
| =14 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 5.7× |
| 16 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 5.6× |
| 17 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 5.2× |
| 18 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 5.0× |
| 19 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 4.7× |
| 20 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 4.6× |
| 21 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 4.2× |
| 22 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 4.1× |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

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

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/price-against-pay)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/price-against-pay)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices#vs=median-pay&mode=blend)

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/wales