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Cardiff: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

City of Cardiff Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code W06000015.

Council website · Publication scheme · Disclosure log

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Average Band D council tax in Cardiff for 2026–27: £2,013.18 a year. Of that, £1,603.72 is set by the council, £405.14 by the police and, on average, £4.32 by community councils.

Every band

Cardiff: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027, including police and average community council
Band	A year
A-	£1,118.43
A	£1,342.12
B	£1,565.81
C	£1,789.49
D	£2,013.18
E	£2,460.55
F	£2,907.93
G	£3,355.30
H	£4,026.36
I	£4,697.42

Including the police and the average community council charge; band A− is for homes in band A that qualify for disabled band reduction. Source: Welsh Government, Council tax levels by billing authority and band (Open Government Licence).

Source: Welsh Government, Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority (Open Government Licence). Your own bill depends on your band, your community council and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Cardiff reported it to the Welsh Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Wales.

Cardiff: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education	£507.2 million
Social services	£365.7 million
Council fund housing	£150.7 million
Local environmental services	£58.3 million
Roads and transport	£31.1 million
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation	£19.7 million
Planning, economic and community development	£12.7 million
Local tax collection	£4.8 million
Debt financing costs	£47.9 million
Law, order and protective services	none budgeted
Central administration	£10.3 million
Other revenue expenditure	£4.2 million
Revenue expenditure	£1,212.6 million

Revenue expenditure: the cost of running each service in the year, as the Welsh Government collects it.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Welsh Government, Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service (Open Government Licence).

Cardiff in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 383,919 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 34 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £21,059 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £613 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 26.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £272,252 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.2 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 59.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 60.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.2 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 118.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 13,010 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

79 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 50, Liberal Democrats 10, Conservative and Unionist 9, Independent / Other 5, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 2, Propel 1, Green Party (E&W) 1, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 79 councillors, by ward

Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour Party) — Adamsdown
Owen Jones (Labour Party) — Adamsdown
Helen Gunter (Labour Party) — Butetown
Margaret Lewis (Labour Party) — Butetown
Saeed Ebrahim (Labour Party) — Butetown
Elaine Simmons (Labour Party) — Caerau
Peter Bradbury (Labour Party) — Caerau
Jasmin Chowdhury (Independent / Other) — Canton
Stephen Cunnah (Labour Party) — Canton
Susan Elsmore (Independent / Other) — Canton
Ali Ahmed (Labour Party) — Cathays
Chris Weaver (Labour Party) — Cathays
Norma Mackie (Labour Party) — Cathays
Sarah Merry (Labour Party) — Cathays
Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrats) — Cyncoed
Daniel Waldron (Liberal Democrats) — Cyncoed
Robert Hopkins (Liberal Democrats) — Cyncoed
Irene Humphreys (Labour Party) — Ely
Maliika Kaaba (Labour Party) — Ely
Russell Goodway (Labour Party) — Ely
Claudia Boes (Labour Party) — Fairwater
Neil McEvoy (Propel) — Fairwater
Saleh Ahmed (Labour Party) — Fairwater
Ashley Wood (Liberal Democrats) — Gabalfa
Rhys Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Gabalfa
Ash Lister (Labour Party) — Grangetown
Lynda Thorne (Labour Party) — Grangetown
Matt Youde (Green Party (E&W)) — Grangetown
Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour Party) — Grangetown
Graham Hinchey (Labour Party) — Heath
Julie Sangani (Labour Party) — Heath
Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour Party) — Heath
Emma Reid-Jones (Independent / Other) — Lisvane and Thornhill
John Lancaster (Conservative and Unionist) — Lisvane and Thornhill
Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative and Unionist) — Lisvane and Thornhill
Peter Jenkins (Labour Party) — Llandaff
Sean Driscoll (Conservative and Unionist) — Llandaff
Dilwar Ali (Labour Party) — Llandaff North
Jennifer Burke (Labour Party) — Llandaff North
Bethan Proctor (Labour Party) — Llanishen
Garry Hunt (Labour Party) — Llanishen
Keith Jones (Independent / Other) — Llanrumney
Lee Bridgeman (Labour Party) — Llanrumney
Lexi Pocknell (Labour Party) — Llanrumney
Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats) — Pentwyn
Jess Moultrie (Labour Party) — Pentwyn
Joe Carter (Liberal Democrats) — Pentwyn
Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Pentyrch and St Fagans
Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative and Unionist) — Pentyrch and St Fagans
Rhys Livesy (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Pentyrch and St Fagans
Imran Latif (Liberal Democrats) — Penylan
Jon Shimmin (Liberal Democrats) — Penylan
Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats) — Penylan
Dan De'Ath (Labour Party) — Plasnewydd
Mary McGarry (Labour Party) — Plasnewydd
Peter Wong (Labour Party) — Plasnewydd
Sue Lent (Labour Party) — Plasnewydd
Joel Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Pontprennau and Old St Mellons
Peter Littlechild (Independent / Other) — Pontprennau and Old St Mellons
Calum Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Radyr
Helen Lloyd Jones (Labour Party) — Radyr
Adrian Robson (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhiwbina
Jayne Cowan (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhiwbina
Oliver Owen (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhiwbina
Caro Wild (Labour Party) — Riverside
Kanaya Singh (Labour Party) — Riverside
Leonora Thomson (Labour Party) — Riverside
Bob Derbyshire (Labour Party) — Rumney
Jacqueline Parry (Labour Party) — Rumney
Anny Anderson (Labour Party) — Splott
Ed Stubbs (Labour Party) — Splott
Huw Thomas (Labour Party) — Splott
Bernie Bowen-Thomson (Labour Party) — Trowbridge
Edward Topham (Reform UK) — Trowbridge
Michael Michael (Labour Party) — Trowbridge
Jackie Jones (Labour Party) — Whitchurch and Tongwynlais
Jamie Green (Labour Party) — Whitchurch and Tongwynlais
Kate Carr (Labour Party) — Whitchurch and Tongwynlais
Marc Palmer (Labour Party) — Whitchurch and Tongwynlais

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.