ST MARY STREET, CF10 1AB House Prices & Local Information

CF10 1AB is an up-and-coming urban area on St Mary Street, 0.8km from Cathays Park in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Cathays ward and the Cardiff Central constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. The daytime character shifts — areas dominated by food and entertainment. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 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 (841 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 1AB are sourced from Output Area W00010121 (shared with 123 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.