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UK COMPARISON INDEX
GoodCardiff offers a city centre around its castle and shopping streets, with a separate waterfront setting at Cardiff Bay. Its residential neighbourhoods vary considerably in character and proximity to the centre. Start with the places you need to reach each day, then compare the housing, services and surroundings in the areas that fit those journeys.
The UK index averages 19 supported comparisons. Weather, walking style and your important places need a personal preference and are excluded. Affordability compares supported area prices, with lower prices ranked higher. Crime is compared within each recording nation. Your suitability uses the priorities you choose.
£317,538 supported area price
local sold sample
HM Land Registry completed sales, transaction-weighted local sample; not an asking price or property valuation
Lower area prices. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
100/100 exposure index (lower means less screened exposure)
Official settlement-centre screen; check surface water and the property
NRW Flood Map for Planning rivers/sea: Zone 3 at settlement centre · Official NRW planning zone from graded river/sea map; contains climate-change allowance · settlement centre, not property-level risk; surface water not included in comparable England/Wales score
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
Cardiff
£2,193 per year (reference band)
Official 2026/27 authority council tax or NI domestic-rate context
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
206 listed buildings within 1 km
Statutory listing-density context; not period homes for sale
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
26.6% mapped building footprint within 1 km
OSM building-footprint share within 1 km; mapped built-upness, not a population census or guaranteed privacy
Lower building density. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
0.1 km straight-line
OSM nearest grocery / everyday food shop, straight-line proximity, no count bonus
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
421.6 km of mapped paths within 3 km
26.6% building footprint; rural character affects countryside-walk fit
Mapped path length within 3 km. Select parks, countryside, hills or mountains to assess your preferred type of walking.
Mapped paths are not necessarily countryside paths. Building density and hill or mountain access are used only when those walking preferences are selected.
6 μg/m³ PM2.5
Defra/Ricardo Pollution Climate Mapping 2024 modelled PM2.5 + NO2 at 1-km background grid; not roadside/property measurement
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
163 night-light radiance
2024 VIIRS night-time light 500m satellite radiance; relative artificial-light exposure, not visual sky clarity
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
Add the places you want to stay close to.
Distances use your selected destinations.
Cardiff Central
4 min estimated drive
0.5 km straight-line
Distance-based drive estimate: straight-line distance × 1.35 detour, 40 km/h, plus 3 min local access. The source road graph has no connected route; crossings and traffic are unverified.
Cardiff Queen Street: 3 min published direct train journey
Newport (S Wales): 10 min published direct train journey
ESTIMATED rail suitability using 5 nearby observed locations in the same nation (closest 0.1 km); NOT a local observation or route
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
Cardiff International Airport
33 min estimated drive
14.6 km straight-line
Distance-based drive estimate: straight-line distance × 1.35 detour, 40 km/h, plus 3 min local access. The source road graph has no connected route; crossings and traffic are unverified.
ESTIMATED airport suitability using 5 nearby observed locations in the same nation (closest 0.1 km); NOT a local observation or route
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
Nearest mapped major road
2 min estimated drive
0.1 km straight-line
Straight-line distance × 1.35 at 40 km/h plus 2 min access; junction entry is unverified.
ESTIMATED major-road suitability (same-landmass-neighbor-interpolation). Recorded local routes or nearby verified same-landmass scores provide a proxy; where no safe comparator exists a conservative screening floor is used. This is NOT verified driving distance or confirmed road connectivity.
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
0.9 km straight-line
National inspections retained in original form; rating measures school access
Measured nearest-school proximity only. Scotland/Wales/NI inspectorates are not converted into Ofsted grades.
School access and comparable published inspections. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
1.1 km straight-line
1 km to mapped hospital
50% registered NHS GP proximity, 35% mapped hospital proximity, 15% mapped pharmacy proximity; public postcode centroids / OSM, not capacity or clinical quality
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
190.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
2025-09 to 2026-08
Police.uk 2.6 km population-adjusted observed screening, with a 5 km surrounding estimate from overlapping nearby observations (not a separate recorded five-kilometre count)
Compared within the same recording nation. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
0 km straight-line
OSM nearest pub, café or restaurant; proximity, not ratings or opening hours
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
2.9 km to coastline
Mapped coastline distance; straight-line distance, not a route
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
12.7°C mean temperature
1,134 mm rainfall
1,903 sunshine hours
Met Office observations for the recorded 12-month period, not long-term normals. This range combines observed temperature, rainfall and sunshine; it is not a good/bad rating.
94.1% area gigabit availability
98.9% area superfast availability
Ofcom residential coverage: 75% gigabit + 25% superfast; authority context, not property speed
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
Outdoor coverage across the local authority
Ofcom Jan 2026 outdoor geographic coverage (at least one network), published by ONS Explore Local Statistics; local-authority area, NOT a village or indoor signal reading
Compared with supported UK locations. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
75% working-age employment
1 jobs per working-age resident
ONS/NISRA labour conditions: 65% workplace job-density fit + 35% working-age employment fit when both exist; otherwise published component only. Survey uncertainty; not vacancies or an individual job match
Area employment and job availability. The comparison bar shows relative position, not a guarantee for an individual property.
