One-bedroom private rent: every council in Wales
Cardiff had the highest one-bedroom private rent of Wales’s 22 councils in August 2026, at £908.
Powys had the lowest, at £462. The middle council, Ceredigion, had £562.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £908 |
| 2 | Monmouthshire | £729 |
| 3 | Vale of Glamorgan | £726 |
| 4 | Newport | £697 |
| 5 | Swansea | £688 |
| 6 | Torfaen | £616 |
| 7 | Wrexham | £597 |
| 8 | Flintshire | £593 |
| 9 | Conwy | £588 |
| =10 | Bridgend | £562 |
| =10 | Ceredigion | £562 |
| 12 | Gwynedd | £559 |
| 13 | Merthyr Tydfil | £552 |
| 14 | Caerphilly | £551 |
| 15 | Isle of Anglesey | £550 |
| 16 | Denbighshire | £549 |
| 17 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £528 |
| 18 | Pembrokeshire | £514 |
| 19 | Blaenau Gwent | £503 |
| 20 | Carmarthenshire | £500 |
| 21 | Neath Port Talbot | £499 |
| 22 | Powys | £462 |