WILLIAM NICHOLLS DRIVE, CF3 5DE House Prices & Local Information

CF3 5DE is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on William Nicholls Drive, 0.7km from St Mellons in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Pontprennau and Old St Mellons ward and the Cardiff North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF3 5DE is a diverse outer suburb with a large South Asian community, settled families. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a public administration and security zone — public administration and security with mainly white workforces. Residents average 46 years old — this is a settled, predominantly owner-occupied area with a stable, community-minded population. 28% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Prices average £430k. 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 CF3 5DE are sourced from Output Area W00010623 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.