COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CF5 1JF House Prices & Local Information

CF5 1JF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Cowbridge Road East, 0.1km from Canton in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Canton ward and the Cardiff West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF5 1JF is a working-class neighbourhood with strong employment ties. By day, the area transitions to a healthcare and public administration character: major hospitals and public administration with diverse workforces. An average age of 37 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 27% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £270k. 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 CF5 1JF are sourced from Output Area W00008869 (shared with 14 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.