What is the average rent in Vale of Glamorgan?

The median monthly rent across Vale of Glamorgan is £982, 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Vale of Glamorgan by estimated median rent is Barry East at approximately £717/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Vale of Glamorgan?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Vale of Glamorgan is Palmerstown at 85/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Vale of Glamorgan a safe area?

Vale of Glamorgan has an average safety score of 70/100 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

The median annual resident salary in Vale of Glamorgan is £31,410, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Vale of Glamorgan, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Vale of Glamorgan?

The average property price in Vale of Glamorgan is approximately £287,425 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

Gross rental yield in Vale of Glamorgan is approximately 3.7% — 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

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 4.6 years in Vale of Glamorgan. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Vale of Glamorgan?

100% of premises in Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

3.4% of 16-64 residents in Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan?

Vale of Glamorgan contains 15 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 82 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 Vale of Glamorgan compare to other UK areas?

Vale of Glamorgan's average liveability score is 61/100. 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 Vale of Glamorgan

15 neighbourhoods · 82 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

0.56× nat.

44% below nat. avg · 55.8 / 1k / yr · #115 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

% rated Good/Outstanding

Commute to hub

36 min

#63 of 318 cities

Jobs density

0.32

#281 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£982/mo

+7.0% YoY · #148 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Estimated (Band D)

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Neighbourhoods in Vale of Glamorgan

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.

15 neighbourhoods · 82 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Barry East	£717	+7.0%	80	35
Palmerstown	£774	+7.0%	85	49
Gibbonsdown	£786	+7.0%	69	41
Barry Island	£800	+7.0%	81	51
Barry West	£847	+7.0%	77	51
Llantwit Major	£901	+7.0%	84	83
Rhoose & Airport	£937	+7.0%	75	80
Barry Dyfan & Illtyd	£965	+7.0%	76	95
Penarth	£1,020	+7.0%	77	86
Llandough & Cogan	£1,034	+7.0%	77	86
Dinas Powys	£1,044	+7.0%	70	91
Lower Penarth & Sully	£1,098	+7.0%	36	75
Ogmore-by-Sea & Llandow	£1,228	+7.0%	6	88
Peterston-super-Ely & Wenvoe	£1,243	+7.0%	5	87
Cowbridge	£1,331	+7.0%	11	94

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 Vale of Glamorgan

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Vale of Glamorgan. 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 Vale of Glamorgan median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Vale of Glamorgan.

Avg rent

£982/mo

#148 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Sale price

£285,000

-1.1% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

4.6 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£728/mo

2 bed£889/mo

3 bed£994/mo

4 bed£1,486/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£509,005

Semi-detached£302,633

Terraced£234,691

Flat£149,088

Affordability

Price-to-earnings9.2×

Rent / take-home38%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)—

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,516/mo

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

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Safety in Vale of Glamorgan

Crime in Vale of Glamorgan runs at 44% below the national average. Above median (#115 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 55.8, 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

55.8

#115 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

22.4

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

1.9

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

6.6

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

22.4

Shoplifting

8.1

Anti-social behaviour

6.6

Public order

6.3

Criminal damage & arson

5.2

Other theft

3.4

Vehicle crime

2.9

Burglary

1.9

Other crime

1.9

Drugs

1.7

Robbery

1.3

Possession of weapons

0.9

Theft from the person

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.7

Safest neighbourhoods in Vale of Glamorgan

by safety score (higher = safer)

Barry Dyfan & Illtyd95/100

Cowbridge94/100

Dinas Powys91/100

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 Vale of Glamorgan

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 Vale of Glamorgan

by school score

Llandough & Cogan0/100

Palmerstown0/100

Penarth0/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Vale of Glamorgan

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

Best hub

36 min

#63 of 318 cities

To Cardiff

36 min

Median across local areas

To Bristol

65 min

Median across local areas

To London

138 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

36 min

Bristol

65 min

London

138 min

Birmingham

151 min

Manchester

227 min

Sheffield

231 min

Leeds

289 min

Liverpool

324 min

Glasgow

466 min

Edinburgh

471 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car54%Public4%Active7%WFH33%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Vale of Glamorgan

by transport score

Llandough & Cogan92/100

Palmerstown92/100

Penarth92/100

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

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Job access from Vale of Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan has 0.32 jobs per resident locally. Bottom quartile

Jobs per resident

0.32

#281 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

Retail & hospitality

24.2%

Health & social care

22.1%

Education

11.2%

Manufacturing

9.0%

Professional & business svcs

5.5%

Construction

4.3%

Tech & ICT

1.8%

Finance & insurance

1.0%

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

FAQ

Frequently asked about Vale of Glamorgan

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 Vale of Glamorgan?: The median monthly rent across Vale of Glamorgan is £982, 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Vale of Glamorgan by estimated median rent is Barry East at approximately £717/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Vale of Glamorgan?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Vale of Glamorgan is Palmerstown at 85/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Vale of Glamorgan a safe area?: Vale of Glamorgan has an average safety score of 70/100 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: The median annual resident salary in Vale of Glamorgan is £31,410, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Vale of Glamorgan, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Vale of Glamorgan?: The average property price in Vale of Glamorgan is approximately £287,425 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: Gross rental yield in Vale of Glamorgan is approximately 3.7% — 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: 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 4.6 years in Vale of Glamorgan. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Vale of Glamorgan?: 100% of premises in Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: 3.4% of 16-64 residents in Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan?: Vale of Glamorgan contains 15 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 82 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 Vale of Glamorgan compare to other UK areas?: Vale of Glamorgan's average liveability score is 61/100. 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 Vale of Glamorgan

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

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