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Llanelli

Llanelli is a town in Dyfed, Wales, with a population of around 49,591. It has 4 GP surgeries, 5 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 48 restaurants and cafés, along with 49 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Llanelli, 1.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £211,217, and there were around 358 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Llanelli area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Carmarthenshire area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 187,897 residents at roughly 79 people per km².

Council
Carmarthenshire
County
Dyfed
Constituency
Llanelli
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:44

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

312 reported · August 2026▲ 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences138
  • Anti-social behaviour34
  • Criminal damage & arson32
  • Public order23

Neighbourhood team: Llanelli Town Centre · Dyfed Powys

Local policing priorities

  • A range of Anti-social Behaviour incidents have been reported in Llanelli. Neighbourhood Policing and Prevention Teams will be carrying o…
  • The local community have stated that they are concerned about safety on the local roads including speeding and vehicles being used in an…

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

Road safety

375 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

353 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 278 rated 4–5 ★ (238 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Llanelli (0.9 km)
  • 51 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Llanelli (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£195,263 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-08

Detached£278,401
Semi-detached£179,559
Terraced£147,526
Flat£92,297

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Murray Street Multi-Storey Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches50
  • Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,897 residents in Carmarthenshire · 79/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Dame Nia Griffith

Labour

Llanelli

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

  • Lab 14
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 38

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics9
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens212
  • Restaurants & cafés65

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

140 jobs advertised · £36,767 avg

e.g. 7.5t Delivery Driver, Health Care Assistant, Deputy Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,353 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 12%

346 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in SA15

  • Ash Grove Medical Centre
  • Carmarthenshire Ics
  • Meddygfa'R Sarn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Llanelli:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelli · 0.1 km

    Tabernacle Chapel is an Independent (Congregational) chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1872 and is located at 17 Cowell Street. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Llanelly House · 0.2 km

    Llanelly House is an early-18th-century Georgian town house in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has been described as "the most outstanding domestic building of its early Georgian type to survive in South Wales."…

  • Llanelli Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Llanelli Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Llanelli Borough Council and now serves as a register office, is a Grad…

  • Park Congregational Chapel, Llanelli · 0.2 km

    Park Congregational Chapel is a Congregational chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1864 and is located at the junction between Murray Street and Inkerman Street. It was designated a…

  • St Elli Church, Llanelli · 0.2 km

    St Elli Church, also called St Ellyw's Church is an Anglican parish church in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, dedicated to Saint Elli. It was built in the medieval period, possibly in the 15th century, a…

  • Llanelli · 0.2 km

    Llanelli is a market town and community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Llanelli?
Llanelli is a town in Dyfed, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire local authority.
What is the population of Llanelli?
Llanelli has an approximate settlement population of 49,591.
How deprived is Llanelli?
The Carmarthenshire local authority, which includes Llanelli, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.