Gelligaer

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 7° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:42

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

64 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Public order9

Neighbourhood team: St Cattwg · Gwent

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

145 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

164 food businesses within 2 miles

• 113 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pengam (1.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,545 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£747 average monthly rent▲ 8.1% YoY

• 1 bed £551
• 2 bed £689
• 3 bed £777

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 (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Pengam Railway Station Car Park 1, Caerphilly (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,952 residents in Caerphilly · 634/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,025
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,598
• Net moves+427

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

Around the average in Wales

10% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 24% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (33% of 81,180)

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

Chris Evans

Labour (Co-op)

Caerphilly

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 41
• Grn 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £39,502 avg

e.g. Toolmaker, Interim HR Advisor, Plumbing Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,773 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,189 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Wind 11%

351 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CF82

• Caerphilly Lhb
• Meddygfa Gelligaer Surgery
• Oakfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerphilly:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety295 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases178 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals177 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK143 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Gelligaer · 0.5 km

  Gelligaer is a community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. As well as the village of Gelligaer, the community also includes the small towns of Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach. The popu…

• Penybryn · 0.8 km

  Penybryn is a small village situated near Gelligaer in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales.

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  Penpedairheol, Caerphilly · 1.0 km

  Penpedairheol is a village situated in the Rhymney Valleys, South Wales. It is located between Pengam, Gelligaer, Bargoed, Hengoed and Cefn Hengoed in the centre of Caerphilly borough, in the historic boundaries of Gl…

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  Penallta Colliery · 1.3 km

  Penallta Colliery was a coal mine, located close to Hengoed in the Rhymney Valley in the South Wales Valleys. A coal mine which in 1935 held the European record for coal wound in a 24-hour period, it is now the site o…

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  St Anne's Church, Cefn Hengoed · 1.5 km

  St Anne's Church, Cefn Hengoed is a disused Church in Wales church in Cefn Hengoed, Caerphilly in South Wales.

• Cefn Hengoed · 1.8 km

  Cefn Hengoed is a small village in the Rhymney Valley, in the centre of Caerphilly borough, within the historic boundaries of Glamorganshire. Bordering the larger village of Hengoed, Cefn Hengoed contains the local De…

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