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Pembrey

Pembrey is a village in Dyfed, Wales, with a population of around 1,500. It has 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Pembrey and Burry Port, 2.1 km away. There were around 15 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 Pembrey 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

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · 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

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

14 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Pembrey · Dyfed Powys

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in Burry Port and the surrounding areas in the build up to the Festive season. Community leaders have highlighted i…
  • Road safety concerns and issues around Kidwelly/Burry Port with the illegal and anti social use of ebikes/scooters by youths

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

61 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pembrey and Burry Port (2.1 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pembrey & Burry Port (2.1 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: 168.9p · Asda (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (8.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Car Park next to Lighthose Café Millenium Coastal Path (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

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

  • Schools3
  • Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £23,769 avg

e.g. Morning Delivery Driver, Cook

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Gas 86% · Wind 14%

339 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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SA16

  • Meddygfa Tywyn Bach

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

  • Pembrey railway station · 0.2 km

    Pembrey railway station or Pembrey Halt railway station served the village of Pen-bre or Pembrey. It continued to serve the inhabitants of the area between 1909 and 1953 and was one of several basic halts opened on th…

  • Court Farm, Pembrey · 0.4 km

    Court Farm in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an ancient and formerly imposing manor house which is now an overgrown ruin, but structurally sound, and capable of repair and restoration. It consists of three buildi…

  • Pembrey · 0.6 km

    Pembrey is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011. The electoral ward having a population of 4,301. It is in…

  • Craiglon Bridge Halt railway station · 1.2 km

    Craiglon Bridge Halt railway station may have served the Craig-Lon Colliery and its workers near Pembrey, but this business was closed in the 1930s. It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Lando area between 1932…

  • Pembrey and Burry Port Town · 1.3 km

    Pembrey and Burry Port Town is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales including the town of Burry Port and the village of Pembrey. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 8,547.

  • ROF Pembrey · 1.4 km

    A World War I explosive factory, which was to be later known as NEF Pembrey was built, by Nobel's Explosives, with British Government approval, near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The factory was bui…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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