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Vale of Glamorgan

Welsh council

South Wales. 135,362 people in 331 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

11 of Vale of Glamorgan’s 82 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£303,112
Up 6.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,656
169th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population
131,939
147th lowest of 361
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Vale of Glamorgan compares

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

Vale of GlamorganMiddle
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. Vale of Glamorgan is £303,112.
£303,112150th highest
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%. Vale of Glamorgan is 6.2%.
+6.2%joint 36th 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. Vale of Glamorgan is £38,656.
£38,656169th highest
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×. Vale of Glamorgan is 7.8×.
7.8×joint 143rd least affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
Population: every council in UK361 areas from 2,053 to 1,144,919. The middle area is 143,926. Vale of Glamorgan is 131,939.
131,939147th lowest

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

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Vale of Glamorgan’s is 4.5 times its 2000 level, faster than Wales’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthVale of GlamorganWalesUnited Kingdom
Jan 2000£67,802£49,286£77,950
Jan 2001£70,062£51,586£85,794
Jan 2002£83,865£58,447£89,928
Jan 2003£103,792£73,663£114,996
Jan 2004£125,185£93,655£126,179
Jan 2005£160,885£117,235£138,759
Jan 2006£161,123£123,010£147,360
Jan 2007£169,725£132,332£162,825
Jan 2008£178,150£138,585£171,137
Jan 2009£165,890£118,377£144,840
Jan 2010£166,420£120,944£154,268
Jan 2011£164,971£120,980£154,113
Jan 2012£170,976£120,342£152,831
Jan 2013£165,715£120,804£154,495
Jan 2014£174,227£124,609£164,137
Jan 2015£182,257£128,912£175,636
Jan 2016£190,397£132,574£189,268
Jan 2017£200,220£138,614£198,276
Jan 2018£208,078£144,990£206,844
Jan 2019£221,044£150,122£210,317
Jan 2020£224,208£154,532£213,657
Jan 2021£237,441£169,842£228,417
Jan 2022£265,359£191,552£248,031
Jan 2023£285,611£201,853£260,941
Jan 2024£273,831£197,808£255,972
Jan 2025£286,464£206,010£264,936
Jan 2026£292,977£211,046£268,862
Jul 2026£303,112£215,037£272,611

Wards in Vale of Glamorgan24

Middle areas in Vale of Glamorgan15

Constituencies mostly in Vale of Glamorgan2

Neighbourhoods in Vale of Glamorgan82
Vale of Glamorgan in brief

Vale of Glamorgan’s average house price was £303,112 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Vale of Glamorgan earned a median of £38,656 in 2025.

A home in Vale of Glamorgan costs 7.8 times local full-time pay.

Vale of Glamorgan had 131,939 usual residents at the census.