MARCROSS ROAD, CF5 4RP House Prices & Local Information

CF5 4RP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Marcross Road, 0.4km from Michaelston-super-Ely in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Ely ward and the Cardiff West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF5 4RP is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a large scale education character: large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. With residents averaging 33 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 75% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 11% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 27 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £120k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 4.0% 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 4RP are sourced from Output Area W00009028 (shared with 3 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.