Gelligaer

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

70 reported · July 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: St Cattwg · Gwent

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

155 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

243 food businesses within 2 miles

• 186 rated 4–5 ★ (146 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,272 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £686
• 3 bed £773

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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: 183.9p · Morrisons (3.4 km)

15 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)

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

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £29,000 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Recruitment Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 1%

241 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerphilly:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s328 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test266 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety239 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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