House prices in CF11 8 (Canton)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'CF11 8' (Canton, Cardiff) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'CF11 8'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "CF11 8", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Canton.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Canton is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 49, The Boulevard, Canton, Cardiff, sold for £215,000 on Apr-2024. Given the internal area of 67 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,208.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,900-£3,000, £3,000-£3,100, £3,100-£3,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 113 sales in Canton (CF11 8) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Canton (CF11 8). Of the 113 transactions, half were sold for between £3,030 and £3,750 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'CF11 8' is £3,270. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,750 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Canton, Cardiff

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Cardiff. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for Canton, Cardiff

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'CF11 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CF11 6 Cardiff	£2,210 sqm	£2,650 sqm	£2,950 sqm
CF11 0 Cardiff	£2,220 sqm	£2,740 sqm	£3,520 sqm
CF11 9 Cardiff	£3,070 sqm	£3,700 sqm	£4,330 sqm
CF11 8 Canton	£3,030 sqm	£3,270 sqm	£3,750 sqm
CF11 7 Cardiff	£2,280 sqm	£2,630 sqm	£3,060 sqm

Will Cardiff house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for CF11 8 (Canton) compared with both the wider area CF11 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Cardiff to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Cardiff and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Bartley Wilson Way, Canton, CF11 8E	83 sqm	£3,090	16
Broad Street, Canton, CF11 8B	85 sqm	£2,972	14
Trem Yr Afon, Canton, CF11 8F	95 sqm	£3,358	13
Heol Terrell, Canton, CF11 8B	121 sqm	£2,678	11
Broadhaven, Canton, CF11 8D	101 sqm	£3,099	11
Arundel Place, Canton, CF11 8D	54 sqm	£3,424	11
Treganna Street, Canton, CF11 8F	89 sqm	£3,110	10
Lansdowne Avenue West, Canton, CF11 8F	83 sqm	£2,518	9

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	New build sales
The Boulevard, Canton, CF11 8F	67 sqm	£2,988	9
Stryd Elai, Canton, CF11 8F	94 sqm	£3,041	9

The Boulevard, Canton, CF11 8F has seen 9 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £214,229). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 67 sqm, with an average price of £2,988 sqm. This £sqm average is £-282 below the average for CF11 8. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of The Boulevard the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of Canton is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqm	£/sqm
49, The Boulevard, Canton, Cardiff	£215,000 Apr-2024	67	3,208
57, Lansdowne Avenue West, Canton, Cardiff	£250,000 Apr-2024	82	3,048
14, Stryd Elai, Canton, Cardiff	£350,000 Mar-2024	130	2,692

See the entire list of all sales in Canton (CF11 8) here.