City Profile • Local Authority
Cardiff
Cardiff is a local authority district comprising 11 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £315k, reflecting a upward trend of 3.0% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 101 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
372,089
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
11 AreasCF1ExploreCF10ExploreCF11ExploreCF14ExploreCF15ExploreCF2ExploreCF23ExploreCF24ExploreCF3ExploreCF4ExploreCF5Explore
Population Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Cardiff authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English73.6%
White: Other White4.6%
African2.9%
Indian2.4%
Pakistani2.4%
Bangladeshi1.9%
Age Profile
20-24 years10.5%
25-29 years8.1%
30-34 years7.5%
15-19 years7.3%
35-39 years6.9%
40-44 years6.1%
Top Occupations
Professional26.9%
Associate professional14.0%
Managers and directors10.5%
Administrative and secretarial9.5%
Elementary occupations9.1%
Caring and leisure8.9%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Mortgage29.4%
Owned: Outright28.6%
Private rented: Landlord22.2%
Social rented: Council8.7%
Social rented: Other8.4%
Private rented: Other2.1%
Area DNA
family2/10
health8/10
safety3/10
homeown2/10
transit10/10
affluence7/10
diversity7/10
employment3/10
investment10/10