Buy-to-let in Isle of Anglesey
Yields, prices, demand and local risks for Isle of Anglesey, covering Amlwch, Holyhead, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and 2 more ranked towns.
Isle of Anglesey in figures
- Gross rental yield
- 4.5% to 5.6%
- By kind of home, across Isle of Anglesey
- Entry price, across its towns
- £145,000 to £203,000
- The cheapest postcode district's median sale
- Price move, 12 months
- +2.8%
- UK House Price Index, across Isle of Anglesey
- Price move, 10 years
- +53.2%
- UK House Price Index, across Isle of Anglesey
- Population
- 68,607
- Isle of Anglesey, -0.3% growth
- Terraced houses across Isle of Anglesey let for £710/mo against a median sale of £152,000 there: 5.6% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
- ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £714/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
- Prices across Isle of Anglesey rose 2.8% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
- Prices +53% over ten years (Isle of Anglesey)
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 6.2% of jobs against 1.4% across Great Britain (Isle of Anglesey)
- £7,500 Land Transaction Tax at Wales's higher rates on a £150,000 buy-to-let
- 1 regeneration award (Isle of Anglesey)
- Band D £2,261 (Isle of Anglesey)
- +28% five-year forecast for Wales as a whole (Savills), not this area
These figures are from Clarity's monthly ranking dataset, one method across every place so they compare. The Isle of Anglesey report measures the area in more depth over its own twelve months, so its figures are the ones to quote.
What sits behind the figures
Prices across Isle of Anglesey moved +53.2% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is 6.2% of employee jobs in Isle of Anglesey, against 1.4% across Great Britain (2,500 jobs in 2015, 1,500 in 2024). Where one industry carries that much of a local economy, rents and prices tend to move with it. Employee jobs across Isle of Anglesey moved +4.3% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).
68% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Amlwch's postcode districts are below band C (2,258 certificates). Clarity measures areas rather than individual homes, so this is the share of the local stock likely to need energy-efficiency work before it meets a band C standard, not a survey of any one property.
The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, Wales) is a regional figure for Wales as a whole, not a forecast for Isle of Anglesey, and Clarity does not rank on it.
Towns in Isle of Anglesey
| Town | Entry price | Gross yield | Tenant demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amlwch | £150,000 | 5.6%terraced houses | 1.2/10 |
| Holyhead | £145,000 | 5.6%terraced houses | 1.1/10 |
| Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | £193,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 1.4/10 |
| Llangefni | £203,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 1.6/10 |
| Menai Bridge | £200,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 1.7/10 |
Each yield is Isle of Anglesey's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Isle of Anglesey as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.
The Isle of Anglesey report
The full report measures Isle of Anglesey from its own sales: sold prices and rents for each type of home, the year's price move, crime per resident and worker, flood risk, planning designations, housing delivery and regeneration funding, with a worked buy-to-let deal on your own budget. This edition was built in October 2026.
Read the cover of the Isle of Anglesey report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.
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Sources and further reading
- HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index
- HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (England and Wales)
- Registers of Scotland: property market statistics (Scotland)
- ONS: Price Index of Private Rents
- ONS: Population estimates
- ONS: Business Register and Employment Survey
- MHCLG: Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England and Wales)
- Welsh Revenue Authority: Land Transaction Tax