DARRAN STREET, CF24 4JF House Prices & Local Information

CF24 4JF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Darran Street, 0.2km 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. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a metro suburban distribution industries zone — ethnically mixed workforce in transportation and storage. Average age 26 — a clear signal of a student and young renter community, typically with strong café and nightlife culture nearby. 74% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £200k, down 15.9% 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 4JF are sourced from Output Area W00008933 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.