The median home in Rhondda sells for £125,000
That is the middle of 404 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
80% of Rhondda’s sales are terraced houses
404 homes sold in three years: 32 detached houses, 45 semi-detached houses, 324 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £212K–£365K
- Last 12 months
- £265K11 sold
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £110K–£190K
- Last 12 months
- £157K12 sold
median sale · 324 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £94K–£143K
- Last 12 months
- £126K99 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 80% of homes sold are terraced
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Rhondda’s homes sold for between £95K and £160K
One sale in ten was under £77K and one in ten over £215K. 93% sold for under £250K.
The median, £125,000, sits in the £100–150K band
404 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £24,000 in 1995 to £130,000 in the last 12 months (£83,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
123 sales in the last 12 months, against 311 in 2003, the busiest year, and 86 in 2009. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Rhondda costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rhondda, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £70K | £36K | £108K | £187K | £114K | £210K | £265K |
| Semi-detached houses | £39K | £43K | £72K | £105K | £122K | £97K | £157K |
| Terraced houses | £23K | £26K | £59K | £60K | £67K | £83K | £126K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
39 new homes have been sold in Rhondda since 1995.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.2% sold leasehold in Rhondda. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Gelli Road is Rhondda’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
25 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelli Road | CF41 | 12 | £111,300 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Penrhys Road | CF41 | 11 | £160,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Bronllwyn Road | CF41 | 10 | £124,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Ystrad Road | CF41 | 10 | £86,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Stanley Road | CF41 | 9 | £120,700 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Partridge Road | CF40 | 9 | £114,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | Alexandra Road | CF41 | 9 | £103,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Dinam Park | CF41 | 8 | £302,750 | Mixed |
| 9 | Parry Street | CF41 | 8 | £96,250 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | William Street | CF41 | 8 | £93,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 11 | Victoria Street | CF41 | 7 | £149,995 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Sherwood Street | CF40 | 7 | £140,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 13 | Treharne Street | CF41 | 7 | £130,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | Bailey Street | CF41 | 6 | £150,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 15 | Lewis Street | CF41 | 6 | £146,225 | Mostly terraced houses |
Dinam Park: £302,750
Ystrad Road: £86,750
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Rhondda is the 25th most expensive of 32 towns in Mid Glamorgan
Rhondda is in the middle of Mid Glamorgan’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Mid Glamorgan with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Rhondda’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Ferndale, Tylorstown and Pontygwaith and Maerdy.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhondda | — | £125K | 123 | +70% |
| Ferndale | 1.7 | £98K | 47 | +78% |
| Tylorstown and Pontygwaith | 1.8 | £86K | 42 | +76% |
| Treorchy | 1.9 | £127K | 67 | +69% |
| Maerdy | 2 | £90K | 24 | +80% |
| Tonypandy | 2.2 | £122K | 152 | +83% |
| Wattstown | 2.5 | £91K | 10 | — |
| Nant-y-moel | 3.1 | £117K | 25 | +87% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Rhondda
What is the average house price in Rhondda?
The median home in Rhondda sold for £125,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 404 standard sales (£130,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £258,750, semi-detached houses £150,000 and terraced houses £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Rhondda?
The median was £128,225 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£120,000), and £130,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Rhondda each year?
123 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 166 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rhondda?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dinam Park (CF41, £302,750), Penrhys Road (CF41, £160,000) and Bailey Street (CF41, £150,500).
Is Rhondda expensive for Mid Glamorgan?
Rhondda is the 25th most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Mid Glamorgan by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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