What is the average rent in Rhondda Cynon Taf?

The median monthly rent across Rhondda Cynon Taf is £744, 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Rhondda Cynon Taf by estimated median rent is Treherbert at approximately £580/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Rhondda Cynon Taf?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Tonypandy East at 97/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Rhondda Cynon Taf a safe area?

Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

The median annual resident salary in Rhondda Cynon Taf is £29,802, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Rhondda Cynon Taf, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Rhondda Cynon Taf?

The average property price in Rhondda Cynon Taf is approximately £161,405 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

Gross rental yield in Rhondda Cynon Taf is approximately 5.3% — 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

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 2.5 years in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Rhondda Cynon Taf?

100% of premises in Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

3.2% of 16-64 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?

Rhondda Cynon Taf contains 31 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 153 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf compare to other UK areas?

Rhondda Cynon Taf's average liveability score is 78/100. 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf

31 neighbourhoods · 153 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

0.79× nat.

21% below nat. avg · 79.0 / 1k / yr · #235 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

% rated Good/Outstanding

Commute to hub

61 min

#131 of 318 cities

Jobs density

0.34

#260 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£744/mo

+5.2% YoY · #45 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Estimated (Band D)

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Neighbourhoods in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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.

31 neighbourhoods · 153 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Treherbert	£580	+5.2%	92	71
Ferndale & Maerdy	£582	+5.2%	84	54
Tylorstown	£584	+5.2%	85	48
Pentre	£601	+5.2%	96	60
Penrhiw-ceibr	£613	+5.2%	93	43
Ystrad & Llwynypia	£617	+5.2%	94	40
Tonypandy West & Clydach Vale	£618	+5.2%	90	62
Tonypandy East	£627	+5.2%	97	56
Treorchy	£629	+5.2%	97	56
Abercynon	£631	+5.2%	95	61
Porth East & Ynys-hir	£634	+5.2%	95	52
Mountain Ash	£638	+5.2%	85	24
Aberaman	£654	+5.2%	89	39
Porth West	£667	+5.2%	84	27
Glyn-coch & Ynys-y-bwl	£670	+5.2%	78	55
Pontypridd East & Cilfynydd	£692	+5.2%	92	67
Aberdare West	£707	+5.2%	85	41
Aberdare North & Llwydcoed	£721	+5.2%	85	31
Trefforest	£732	+5.2%	80	37
Tonyrefail East	£735	+5.2%	71	60
Aberdare East & Cwm-bach	£755	+5.2%	77	43
Pontypridd West	£771	+5.2%	93	62
Tonyrefail West	£791	+5.2%	60	66
Beddau & Tyn-y-nant	£794	+5.2%	47	63
Hirwaun & Rhigos	£797	+5.2%	53	46
Taff's Well & Nantgarw	£889	+5.2%	55	42
Llantrisant & Talbot Green	£930	+5.2%	64	81
Church Village East & Ton-teg	£949	+5.2%	70	75
Church Village West	£966	+5.2%	77	96
Bryn-cae & Llanharan	£982	+5.2%	73	55
Pont-y-clun & Llanharry	£995	+5.2%	78	96

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 Rhondda Cynon Taf

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Rhondda Cynon Taf. 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Avg rent

£744/mo

#45 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Sale price

£145,000

+7.1% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

2.5 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£522/mo

2 bed£667/mo

3 bed£746/mo

4 bed£989/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£281,341

Semi-detached£176,061

Terraced£140,939

Flat£84,750

Affordability

Price-to-earnings5.0×

Rent / take-home30%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)—

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£789/mo

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

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Safety in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Crime in Rhondda Cynon Taf runs at 21% below the national average. Below median (#235 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 79.0, 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

79.0

#235 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

37.2

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

2.0

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

8.9

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

37.2

Anti-social behaviour

8.9

Public order

8.4

Criminal damage & arson

6.2

Other theft

3.5

Vehicle crime

3.1

Shoplifting

2.6

Drugs

2.3

Other crime

2.2

Burglary

2.0

Possession of weapons

0.9

Robbery

0.7

Theft from the person

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.7

Safest neighbourhoods in Rhondda Cynon Taf

by safety score (higher = safer)

Church Village West96/100

Pont-y-clun & Llanharry96/100

Llantrisant & Talbot Green81/100

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 Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

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School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools

Ofsted rating distribution

Outstanding (count)—

Good (count)—

Requires improvement—

Inadequate—

Best neighbourhoods for schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf

by school score

Pontypridd West0/100

Trefforest0/100

Church Village East & Ton-teg0/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

Best hub

61 min

#131 of 318 cities

To Cardiff

61 min

Median across local areas

To Bristol

92 min

Median across local areas

To London

156 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

61 min

Bristol

92 min

London

156 min

Birmingham

167 min

Manchester

225 min

Sheffield

250 min

Leeds

306 min

Liverpool

307 min

Glasgow

449 min

Edinburgh

454 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car68%Public5%Active6%WFH19%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Rhondda Cynon Taf

by transport score

Tonypandy East92/100

Treorchy92/100

Ystrad & Llwynypia82/100

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

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Job access from Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rhondda Cynon Taf has 0.34 jobs per resident locally. Bottom quartile

Jobs per resident

0.34

#260 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Drive to 5,000+ jobs

—

PT to 5,000+ jobs

—

5y jobs growth

+8.4%

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

Retail & hospitality

18.8%

Health & social care

18.5%

Manufacturing

13.7%

Education

10.8%

Construction

6.0%

Professional & business svcs

2.6%

Tech & ICT

0.9%

Finance & insurance

0.8%

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

FAQ

Frequently asked about Rhondda Cynon Taf

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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: The median monthly rent across Rhondda Cynon Taf is £744, 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Rhondda Cynon Taf by estimated median rent is Treherbert at approximately £580/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Rhondda Cynon Taf?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Tonypandy East at 97/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Rhondda Cynon Taf a safe area?: Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: The median annual resident salary in Rhondda Cynon Taf is £29,802, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Rhondda Cynon Taf, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Rhondda Cynon Taf?: The average property price in Rhondda Cynon Taf is approximately £161,405 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: Gross rental yield in Rhondda Cynon Taf is approximately 5.3% — 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: 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 2.5 years in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Rhondda Cynon Taf?: 100% of premises in Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: 3.2% of 16-64 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?: Rhondda Cynon Taf contains 31 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 153 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf compare to other UK areas?: Rhondda Cynon Taf's average liveability score is 78/100. 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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All sub-areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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