WHARTON STREET, CF10 1AG House Prices & Local Information

CF10 1AG is an up-and-coming urban area on Wharton Street, 0.7km from Cathays Park in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Cathays ward and the Cardiff Central constituency.

For renters and young professionals, CF10 1AG offers a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. By day, the area transitions to a shop until you drop character: major retail centres of national and regional significance. With residents averaging 31 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 76% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. The area has a notably diverse population — 33% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Cardiff.

Safety: Crime rates are high (918 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CF10 1AG are sourced from Output Area W00010121 (shared with 123 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.