Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Torfaen (July 2026)
The average private rent in Torfaen is £858 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £199,778 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.2%, ranked 63 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Torfaen
The average private rent across all property types is £858 a month (+1.1% on a year earlier). The regional median in Wales is £754.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £614 | £7,368 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £763 | £9,156 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £893 | £10,716 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,373 | £16,476 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Torfaen: one to two bedrooms adds 24.3% to the rent, two to three adds 17% and three to four-plus adds 53.8% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Torfaen
The average price paid is £199,778 (+1.6% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £335,796 |
| Semi-detached | £209,477 |
| Terraced | £165,422 |
| Flat | £98,585 |
Rents and prices moved together in Torfaen — +1.1% and +1.6% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Torfaen ranks 289th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 212th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Torfaen
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £763 | £98,585 | 9.3% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £893 | £165,422 | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £893 | £209,477 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,373 | £335,796 | 4.9% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Torfaen is on flats at 9.3%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 5.2% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 63 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.4%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £25,740 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 34% of EPCs lodged in Torfaen over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 31% at D (EPC ratings in Torfaen).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £858 supports a loan of about £129,103, which is 64.6% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Torfaen
- Yield calculator with £199,778 and £858 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £858 a month
- Rental income tax on £10,296 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in Wales
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | £679 | £144,603 | 5.6% | +6.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £753 | £167,559 | 5.4% | +2.2% |
| Cardiff | £1,169 | £270,094 | 5.2% | +3.4% |
| Neath Port Talbot | £689 | £162,967 | 5.1% | +6.9% |
| Newport | £956 | £230,505 | 5% | +2.6% |
| Swansea | £848 | £206,059 | 4.9% | +6% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Torfaen · EPC ratings in Torfaen.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
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£858 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 1.1% on a year earlier.
£199,778 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.2% gross on the averages — £858 rent against a £199,778 price — ranking 63 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 9.3% gross (£763 rent on a £98,585 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +1.1% against prices +1.6% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £25,740 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Torfaen
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all NP postcodes.