WALPOLE CLOSE, CF3 5QP House Prices & Local Information

CF3 5QP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Walpole Close, 1.3km from Trowbridge in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Llanrumney ward and the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF3 5QP is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 61% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 20% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £190k. 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 5QP are sourced from Output Area W00009319 (shared with 15 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.