Property searches in Merthyr Tydfil

Wales · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Merthyr Tydfil cost £148,656 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 1.0% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£148,656	-1.0%
Detached	£250,422	-2.4%
Semi-detached	£160,141	-0.5%
Terraced	£127,737	-0.7%
Flat or maisonette	£66,539	-3.6%
First-time buyers	£135,796	-0.8%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Merthyr Tydfil pays £2,594 a year. A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,729	£173
B	£2,017	£202
C	£2,305	£231
D	£2,594	£259
E	£3,170	£317
F	£3,746	£375
G	£4,323	£432
H	£5,187	£519
I	£6,052	£605

Renting

The average private rent is £754 a month (-1.9% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 6.1% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£553
2	£640
3	£722
4 or more	£1,087

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Merthyr Tydfil is split into 36 small neighbourhoods. 33% of them are among the most deprived 20% in Wales and 8% among the least deprived 20% (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 63% of homes are owned, 15% privately rented and 22% socially rented; 19% of people are 65 or over and 25% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

99.9% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 97.4% from all four; 99.2% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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