Rent Rises
Wales · September 2026

Rent in Blaenau Gwent is up

+5.9%

The average private rent in Blaenau Gwent is now £682 a month, £38 more than in September 2025. That's £456 a year more for the average renter. It's 82nd of 334 areas, and 11th of 22 in Wales.

Since 2015

£385£739£1,094£1,448201520172019202120232025
━ Blaenau Gwent   ┅ UK average · average monthly private rent, all property types

How it compares

AreaAvg rent1 year5 years
Blaenau Gwent£682+5.9%+52%
Wales£848+4.1%+38%
UK£1,406+3.8%+35%

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Rent in Blaenau Gwent is up 5.9% in a year

By home size

TypeAvg rent1 year
1 bed£504+6.1%
2 bed£605+6.1%
3 bed£689+5.9%
4+ bed£902+4.7%
Flat / maisonette£542+5.5%
Terraced£646+6.0%
Semi-detached£721+5.9%
Detached£923+6.1%

Nearby in the table

Gwynedd +7.1%Carmarthenshire +6.5%Neath Port Talbot +6.3%Denbighshire +6.2%Swansea +6.0%Isle of Anglesey +5.9%

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (area code W06000019), published 9:30am on 21 October 2026. Averages across all private tenancies, not asking rents. Five-year change compares September 2026 with September 2021. Method · Journalists