United Kingdom · Wales · Local Authority
Caerphilly
Local Authority · Wales · population ~182k
Affordable housing comes at the cost of higher crime. Caerphilly’s median house price is 5.2 times median annual pay, a multiple below the Wales average, and its median rent takes 23.9% of gross pay, also lower than the Welsh median. However, weekly earnings are slightly below the Wales median at £709.80, and recorded crime is above the Wales median at 84.9 per 1,000 people, placing it among the higher rates in Wales. Council tax is notably low, below the Wales median. This suits those prioritising lower housing costs and tax bills over higher earning potential or a lower crime rate.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Caerphilly ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,910/yr
Low
Worse than 76% of UK LAs
House price
£190,500
Most affordable
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Rent
£736/mo
Most affordable
Better than 84% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,083/yr
Cheapest
Better than 96% of UK LAs
Crime
84.9/1k
High
Worse than 68% of UK LAs
Deprivation
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no data
Schools
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no data
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Caerphilly, see the official Estyn site.
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