BALACLAVA ROAD, CF23 5BB House Prices & Local Information

CF23 5BB is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Balaclava Road, 0.5km from Roath in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Penylan ward and the Cardiff Central constituency.

For families considering a move, CF23 5BB represents a high-density urban area of young, single, transient residents. During the day, ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. A balanced community with an average age of 42 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 66% of properties are owner-occupied — a strong indicator of neighbourhood stability and long-term community investment.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Prices average £415k, up 72.6% year-on-year. 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 CF23 5BB are sourced from Output Area W00009400 (shared with 15 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.