Gilfach Goch

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:41

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

39 reported · August 2026▲ 95% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Vehicle crime4
• Shoplifting3

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

67 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 99 casualties · 4.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

98 food businesses within 2 miles

• 75 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tonypandy (3.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,905 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£763 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £701
• 3 bed £816

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Tonyrefail Community School (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

145,490 residents in Bridgend · 580/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,680
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,031
• Net moves+649

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

Around the average in Wales

7% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 66,260)

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

Chris Bryant

Labour

Rhondda and Ogmore

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£738 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,400 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,606 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Wind 11%

349 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CF39

• Alternative Primary Health
• Pont Newydd Medical Centre
• Park Lane Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rhondda and Ogmore:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth307 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety173 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals158 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK131 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Gilfach Goch · 0.0 km

  Gilfach Goch is a community, electoral ward and small former coal mining village mostly in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail. Some areas in the North Western part of the village l…

• Gilfach Goch railway station · 0.3 km

  Gilfach Goch railway station served the village of Gilfach Goch, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1881 to 1930 on the Ely Valley Railway.

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  Hendreforgan · 1.0 km

  Hendreforgan is a village in the community of Gilfach Goch, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a recorded population of 2,444 in a 2021 census. It is situated on the southern most edge of the Gilf…

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  Mynydd Maendy · 2.5 km

  Mynydd Maendy is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail. As with the Maindee district of Newport, the name derives from the…

• Tonyrefail School · 2.5 km

  Tonyrefail School was an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school of approximately 1050 students that served the town of Tonyrefail and the surrounding areas.

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  Penrhiwfer · 2.5 km

  Penrhiwfer is a village located in the community of Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)