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Talysarn

Talysarn is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of around 1,086. It has around 1 restaurant or café, the nearest railway station is Dinas, 5.7 km away, and there were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Talysarn area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gwynedd area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 117,393 residents at roughly 46 people per km².

Council
Gwynedd
County
Gwynedd
Constituency
Arfon
Police force
North Wales

Weather

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:42

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

8 reported · August 2026▼ 53% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Talysarn · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) – Tan y Fynwent, Bangor
  • Retail Crime

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

Road safety

105 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 166 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

37 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Dinas (5.7 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£203,555 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-08

Detached£314,179
Semi-detached£209,372
Terraced£161,097
Flat£114,576

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£724 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £559
  • 2 bed £676
  • 3 bed £804

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

Affordability

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.6× 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: Pant du (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,393 residents in Gwynedd · 46/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,067
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,098
  • Net moves−31

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 5% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 62,370)

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

Your MP

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£669 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,785 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,824 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 25% · Imports 3%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in LL54

  • Corwen House

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Nantlle railway station · 0.2 km

    Nantlle was a railway station located in Talysarn, a neighbouring village to Nantlle, in Gwynedd, Wales.

  • Talysarn · 0.2 km

    Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog. The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2…

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle · 1.4 km

    Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle is a bilingual secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 18 years. It is situated in Penygroes, Gwynedd in Gwynedd, North Wales. The school serves the village of Penygroes and the surroundi…

  • Cilgwyn quarry · 1.5 km

    Cilgwyn quarry is a slate quarry located on the north edge of the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales. It is one of the earliest slate quarries in Great Britain, having been worked as early as the 12th century. King Edward…

  • Nantlle Vale F.C. · 1.6 km

    Nantlle Vale F.C are a Welsh football club from Penygroes, near Caernarfon, formed around 1920. They play in the North Wales Coast West Premier Division.

  • Pen-y-groes, Gwynedd · 1.7 km

    Pen-y-groes is a village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is located to the south of Caernarfon, and north of Porthmadog, by the A487 road. Pen-y-groes' population stands at 1,793 at the 2011 census, of which 88% are We…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Talysarn?
Talysarn is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Gwynedd local authority.
What is the population of Talysarn?
Talysarn has an approximate settlement population of 1,086.
How deprived is Talysarn?
The Gwynedd local authority, which includes Talysarn, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.