Areas · Wales
Area guide · Wales
Ceredigion
How Ceredigion compares with every council area in England and Wales, on official figures only (72,696 people, mid-2025). Ranked 1st = best for someone living there. There is no overall score: the places are too different for one number to be honest.
Gigabit broadband
58.7%
315th fastest of 318
Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026
Average house price
£235,160
104th most affordable of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Price change over 12 months
-1.2%
263rd fastest rising of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Fine particles (PM2.5)
4.0 µg/m³
2nd cleanest of 318
Defra modelled background PM2.5, 2024 (WHO guideline 5 µg/m³)
Recorded crime
55.1 per 1,000
60th lowest of 283
ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026
Deprivation rank
Wales measures deprivation on its own index (WIMD), which cannot be ranked against England.
Flood risk and road noise are not here because no official figure exists for a whole council area. Both vary street by street, which is what the free check reads.
Check a street in Ceredigion
These figures are for the whole area. The free check reads one postcode: flood, crime, noise and the station, in seconds.