What is the average rent in Merthyr Tydfil?

The median monthly rent across Merthyr Tydfil is £753, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.

Where is the cheapest place to rent in Merthyr Tydfil?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Merthyr Tydfil by estimated median rent is Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog at approximately £656/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Merthyr Tydfil?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Merthyr Tydfil is Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog at 97/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Merthyr Tydfil a safe area?

Merthyr Tydfil has an average safety score of 56/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.

What is the average salary in Merthyr Tydfil?

The median annual resident salary in Merthyr Tydfil is £31,504, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Merthyr Tydfil, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Merthyr Tydfil?

The average property price in Merthyr Tydfil is approximately £149,339 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.

What's the rental yield in Merthyr Tydfil?

Gross rental yield in Merthyr Tydfil is approximately 5.5% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.

How long does it take to save a deposit in Merthyr Tydfil?

Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 2.2 years in Merthyr Tydfil. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Merthyr Tydfil?

100% of premises in Merthyr Tydfil are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.

What's the unemployment rate in Merthyr Tydfil?

3.4% of 16-64 residents in Merthyr Tydfil are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).

How many neighbourhoods are in Merthyr Tydfil?

Merthyr Tydfil contains 7 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 36 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

How does Merthyr Tydfil compare to other UK areas?

Merthyr Tydfil's average liveability score is 84/100. To compare it side-by-side with another local authority, use the comparison tool at /compare. To see how every council area in Wales ranks across rent, safety, schools and transport, see /gb/wales.

City · Wales

Living in Merthyr Tydfil

7 neighbourhoods · 36 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

0.82× nat.

18% below nat. avg · 82.3 / 1k / yr · #245 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

% rated Good/Outstanding

Commute to hub

74 min

#171 of 318 cities

Jobs density

0.39

#189 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£753/mo

+4.5% YoY · #46 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Estimated (Band D)

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Neighbourhoods in Merthyr Tydfil

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

7 neighbourhoods · 36 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog	£656	+4.5%	97	51
Treharris & Trelewis	£675	+4.5%	97	81
Dowlais	£722	+4.5%	77	60
Gurnos, Trefechan & Pontsticill	£744	+4.5%	74	25
Cefncoedycymer, Heolgerrig & Park	£788	+4.5%	93	75
Gelli-deg & Town	£812	+4.5%	81	5
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare	£825	+4.5%	96	86

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Merthyr Tydfil

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Merthyr Tydfil. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Merthyr Tydfil median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Merthyr Tydfil.

Avg rent

£753/mo

#46 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Sale price

£136,250

+1.8% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

2.2 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£552/mo

2 bed£639/mo

3 bed£720/mo

4 bed£1,092/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£253,121

Semi-detached£160,635

Terraced£128,132

Flat£66,222

Affordability

Price-to-earnings4.4×

Rent / take-home29%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)—

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£728/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Merthyr Tydfil

Crime in Merthyr Tydfil runs at 18% below the national average. Bottom quartile (#245 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 82.3, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr

82.3

#245 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

30.7

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

2.1

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

9.8

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area

All crime categories

incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low

Violent & sexual offences

30.7

Anti-social behaviour

9.8

Criminal damage & arson

9.2

Public order

8.4

Other theft

5.1

Vehicle crime

4.6

Other crime

2.9

Burglary

2.1

Drugs

2.1

Possession of weapons

1.6

Shoplifting

1.6

Robbery

0.8

Theft from the person

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.7

Safest neighbourhoods in Merthyr Tydfil

by safety score (higher = safer)

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare86/100

Treharris & Trelewis81/100

Cefncoedycymer, Heolgerrig & Park75/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Merthyr Tydfil

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this council area.

Good or Outstanding

—

Outstanding only

—

Good w/in 2 km

#288 of 318 cities

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Schools rated

—

School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools

Ofsted rating distribution

Outstanding (count)—

Good (count)—

Requires improvement—

Inadequate—

Best neighbourhoods for schools in Merthyr Tydfil

by school score

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare0/100

Gelli-deg & Town0/100

Gurnos, Trefechan & Pontsticill0/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Merthyr Tydfil

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub

74 min

#171 of 318 cities

To Cardiff

74 min

Median across local areas

To Bristol

95 min

Median across local areas

To London

159 min

Median across local areas

Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods

Commute to major UK cities

public transport, off-peak typical

Cardiff

74 min

Bristol

95 min

London

159 min

Birmingham

170 min

Manchester

214 min

Sheffield

251 min

Liverpool

293 min

Leeds

309 min

Glasgow

435 min

Edinburgh

440 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car69%Public4%Active7%WFH17%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Merthyr Tydfil

by transport score

Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog99/100

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare92/100

Gelli-deg & Town82/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil has 0.39 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident

0.39

#189 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Drive to 5,000+ jobs

—

PT to 5,000+ jobs

—

5y jobs growth

0.0%

ONS Jobs Density · 2024

Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area

Reachable jobs by mode

Drive — 100 jobs—

PT — 100 jobs—

Drive — 500 jobs—

PT — 500 jobs—

Drive — 5,000 jobs—

PT — 5,000 jobs—

Local job mix by sector

ONS BRES, % of local jobs

Health & social care

26.9%

Retail & hospitality

24.5%

Manufacturing

11.8%

Education

8.5%

Construction

3.7%

Professional & business svcs

2.6%

Tech & ICT

0.8%

Finance & insurance

0.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Merthyr Tydfil

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Merthyr Tydfil?: The median monthly rent across Merthyr Tydfil is £753, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Merthyr Tydfil?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Merthyr Tydfil by estimated median rent is Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog at approximately £656/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Merthyr Tydfil?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Merthyr Tydfil is Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog at 97/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Merthyr Tydfil a safe area?: Merthyr Tydfil has an average safety score of 56/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is the average salary in Merthyr Tydfil?: The median annual resident salary in Merthyr Tydfil is £31,504, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Merthyr Tydfil, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Merthyr Tydfil?: The average property price in Merthyr Tydfil is approximately £149,339 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Merthyr Tydfil?: Gross rental yield in Merthyr Tydfil is approximately 5.5% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Merthyr Tydfil?: Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 2.2 years in Merthyr Tydfil. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Merthyr Tydfil?: 100% of premises in Merthyr Tydfil are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Merthyr Tydfil?: 3.4% of 16-64 residents in Merthyr Tydfil are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Merthyr Tydfil?: Merthyr Tydfil contains 7 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 36 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
How does Merthyr Tydfil compare to other UK areas?: Merthyr Tydfil's average liveability score is 84/100. To compare it side-by-side with another local authority, use the comparison tool at /compare. To see how every council area in Wales ranks across rent, safety, schools and transport, see /gb/wales.

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