MAY STREET, CF24 4EW House Prices & Local Information

CF24 4EW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on May Street, 0.3km from Cathays in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Cathays ward and the Cardiff Central constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a university campus area — mostly students in halls, very high turnover. During the day, areas dominated by food and entertainment. It has a young, student-heavy population (average age 25) — lively, but with high tenant turnover. 83% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £338k, up 33.1% 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 CF24 4EW are sourced from Output Area W00010648 (shared with 39 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.