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Boncath

Boncath is a village in Dyfed, Wales. The average sold house price is around £246,321. There were around 7 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Boncath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Pembrokeshire area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 123,360 residents at roughly 76 people per km².

Council
Pembrokeshire
County
Dyfed
Constituency
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:45

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

250 reported road collisions (2025)

107 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 20.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£211,074 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Pembrokeshire · to 2026-08

Detached£307,316
Semi-detached£192,297
Terraced£162,229
Flat£110,592

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£694 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £514
  • 2 bed £640
  • 3 bed £760

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

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Mart Ground Car Park (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

123,360 residents in Pembrokeshire · 76/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,257
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,284
  • Net moves+973

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

6% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 63,210)

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

Your MP

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion Preseli

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
  • NoCourts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeCourts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18
  • AyeCourts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£736 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,816 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,125 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 8%

364 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ceredigion Preseli:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Boncath railway station · 0.3 km

    Boncath railway station served the village of Boncath, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1886 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway.

  • Boncath · 0.6 km

    Boncath is a village, community and postal district in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Newcastle Emlyn.

  • Capel Colman · 1.1 km

    Capel Colman is a parish in northeast Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Boncath. Formerly in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Capel Colman is a small, rural parish of some 750 acres (300 ha) surrounded by the larger…

  • Llanfihangel Penbedw · 1.1 km

    Llanfihangel Penbedw is a parish in the former Hundred of Kilgerran in northeast Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish, a joint curacy with Capel Colman, in the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales, included the vil…

  • Blaenffos · 2.0 km

    Blaenffos is a small village of around 200 inhabitants in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Boncath. It sits on the boundary between the former parishes of Llanfihangel Penbedw and Castellan Chape…

  • Castellan, Pembrokeshire · 2.0 km

    Castellan is an ancient hamlet and, until 1974, was a parish in the Hundred of Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county on the slopes of Frenni Fawr, one mile (2 km) north of Crymych…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Boncath?
Boncath is a town in Dyfed, Wales, in the Pembrokeshire local authority.
How deprived is Boncath?
The Pembrokeshire local authority, which includes Boncath, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.