Cheapest places to rent in Wales
These are the most affordable local authorities in Wales, ranked by median monthly rent across the constituent neighbourhoods. Region median is £740/month. The table updates as ONS publishes new Private Rents data; year-on-year change shows where pressure is building.
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Cheapest places to rent in the region — and where rents are moving fastest.
| RegionWales | £740 | +5.2% | £30,754 | — |
| Powys | £621 | +10.3% | £30,275 | — |
| Blaenau Gwent | £668 | +7.3% | £30,734 | — |
| Neath Port Talbot | £668 | +9.2% | £30,709 | — |
| Carmarthenshire | £668 | +5.3% | £30,774 | — |
| Gwynedd | £685 | +1.6% | £25,179 | — |
| Pembrokeshire | £687 | +6.1% | £27,243 | — |
| Denbighshire | £701 | +6.7% | £26,812 | — |
| Isle of Anglesey | £710 | +3.9% | £29,944 | — |
| Ceredigion | £710 | +5.2% | £29,326 | — |
| Caerphilly | £736 | +8.2% | £30,854 | — |
| Bridgend | £736 | +7.9% | £31,475 | — |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £744 | +5.2% | £29,802 | — |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £753 | +4.5% | £31,504 | — |
| Wrexham | £759 | +5.0% | £29,752 | — |
| Conwy | £776 | +1.5% | £28,113 | — |
| Flintshire | £778 | +4.1% | £32,675 | — |
| Swansea | £833 | +6.1% | £32,091 | — |
| Torfaen | £853 | +3.0% | £33,201 | — |
| Newport | £953 | +4.3% | £31,495 | — |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £982 | +7.0% | £31,410 | — |
| Monmouthshire | £987 | +3.6% | £35,020 | — |
| Cardiff | £1,157 | +4.8% | £32,756 | — |
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