BEECHLEY DRIVE, CF5 3ST House Prices & Local Information

CF5 3ST is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Beechley Drive, 0.1km from Pentrebane in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Fairwater ward and the Cardiff West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF5 3ST 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 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 74% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 18% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £192k, down 7.5% 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 CF5 3ST are sourced from Output Area W00009038 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.