Efail Isaf

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 19° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:32

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

20 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Public order3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime2

Neighbourhood team: Llantwit Fardre · South Wales

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

144 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 190 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

132 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Treforest Estate (2.6 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£167,559 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £757

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

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Llantwit Fardre Leisure Centre, Pontypridd (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

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

Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

Pontypridd

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 57
• Con 1
• Grn 1
• Oth 8

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Arabic Tutor in Efail Isaf – Flexible & Remote, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Online Arabic Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

377 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients340 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office328 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety288 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s277 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Efail Isaf · 0.2 km

  Efail Isaf is a village located to the south of Llantwit Fardre in south Wales. It is located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf. The former Barry Railway ran nearby. Efail Isaf has a village hall

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  Efail Isaf railway station · 0.6 km

  Efail Isaf railway station was a former railway station in Efail Isaf in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Tonteg and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau.

• Llantwit Fardre railway station · 1.3 km

  Llantwit Fardre was a station on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.

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  Llantwit Fardre · 1.3 km

  Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the commun…

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  Church Village Halt railway station · 1.4 km

  Church Village Halt railway station was a small halt on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway. The station was just south of the crossroads in the village on the road to Efail Isaf.

• Ysgol Garth Olwg · 1.6 km

  Ysgol Garth Olwg , English Garth Olwg School is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in the village of Church Village near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was the first Welsh language…

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