Housing in CF3 3BU
What the homes in CF3 3BU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Rumney
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,513 (2024)
CF3 3BUCardiff
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (60.4%). Flats make up 12.6%, broadly in line with the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
85.7% of households in the CF3 3BU area own their home, above the Wales average of 66.1%. Private renting makes up 12.4% of households, below the Wales figure of 17%. 50.8% own outright and 34.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned85.7%66.1%
- Shared ownership0.5%0.3%
- Private rented12.4%17%
- Social rented1.4%16.5%
- Lives rent free0%0.2%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 27.3% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (16.9%). 18.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Cardiff
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Cardiff (August 2026, +3.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CF3 3BU (Rumney) (about 1,513 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.