Average private rent: every council in Wales
Cardiff had the highest average private rent of Wales’s 22 councils in August 2026, at £1,177.
Powys had the lowest, at £621. The middle council, Merthyr Tydfil, had £754.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £1,177 |
| 2 | Monmouthshire | £994 |
| 3 | Vale of Glamorgan | £982 |
| 4 | Newport | £959 |
| 5 | Torfaen | £862 |
| 6 | Swansea | £852 |
| 7 | Flintshire | £811 |
| 8 | Conwy | £796 |
| 9 | Wrexham | £770 |
| 10 | Bridgend | £763 |
| =11 | Merthyr Tydfil | £754 |
| =11 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £754 |
| 13 | Caerphilly | £747 |
| 14 | Gwynedd | £724 |
| 15 | Ceredigion | £723 |
| 16 | Denbighshire | £718 |
| 17 | Isle of Anglesey | £714 |
| 18 | Pembrokeshire | £694 |
| 19 | Neath Port Talbot | £690 |
| 20 | Carmarthenshire | £687 |
| 21 | Blaenau Gwent | £681 |
| 22 | Powys | £621 |