Carmarthenshire

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:42

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Llanddarog including Llanarthne and Porthyrhyd · Dyfed Powys

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

375 reported road collisions (2025)

157 killed or seriously injured · 498 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Abergwili Junction (5.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£195,263 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£687 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £500
• 2 bed £647
• 3 bed £740

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Priory Street Car Park (7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,897 residents in Carmarthenshire · 79/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,217
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,316
• Net moves+901

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 90,070)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Plaid Cymru majority

• Lab 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 38

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

751 jobs advertised · £39,026 avg

e.g. Sales Advisor, Customer Service Administrator, Ward Hostess/Host

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,814 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,353 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerfyrddin:

• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.322 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks297 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately215 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Abolish early release for sex offenders and murderers191 local signatures · 6,273 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals173 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Nantgaredig railway station · 0.9 km

  Nantgaredig railway station served to village of Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire, Wales from 1865 to 1963 on the Llanelly Railway.

• Capel Dewi, Carmarthenshire · 1.0 km

  Capel Dewi is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village is built on raised ground to the south of the River Towy, and to the east of the area's principal settlement Carmarthen. Originally a farming commun…

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  Afon Cothi · 1.3 km

  Afon Cothi, also known as the River Cothy or River Cothi, is the largest tributary of the River Towy, located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. From its source at Blaen Cothi in the north of the county, north of Pumsaint, it…

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  Nantgaredig · 1.7 km

  Nantgaredig is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the county town of Carmarthen on the A40 in the parish of Llanegwad. The population was around 524 as of the 2011 census.

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  Pont-ar-Gothi · 2.4 km

  Pont-ar-gothi is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The village takes its name from the bridge where the A40 trunk road crosses the River Cothi. It lies some 10 miles (16 km) east of Carmarthen.

• Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili · 2.6 km

  Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The church is one of many in Wales dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)