Maesteg

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 18° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:38

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

156 reported · July 2026▲ 49% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Shoplifting28
• Anti-social behaviour22
• Public order21

Neighbourhood team: Maesteg East · South Wales

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

72 reported road collisions (2024)

13 killed or seriously injured · 98 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 106 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Maesteg (0.2 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£207,546 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£759 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £559
• 2 bed £697
• 3 bed £812

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

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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Maesteg Multi Storey Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

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

Stephen Kinnock

Labour

Aberafan Maesteg

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens96
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £47,105 avg

e.g. Lubrication Technician, Store Manager, Online History Tutoring Job in Maesteg – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 1% · Biomass 1%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberafan Maesteg:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases558 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership321 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office299 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test271 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety260 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide

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

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  Maesteg Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Maesteg Town Hall is a municipal structure in Talbot Street, Maesteg, Wales. The town hall is a Grade II listed building.

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  Maesteg Castle Street railway station · 0.1 km

  Maesteg Castle Street railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1864 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

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  Maesteg railway station · 0.2 km

  Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serves the town of Maesteg in Wales. The British Rail 1992 built station is located in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Asda Supermarket store and on…

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  Llynfi Road · 0.3 km

  Llynfi Road is a rugby stadium in Maesteg in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It is the home of Maesteg RFC.

• Maesteg (Neath Road) railway station · 0.4 km

  Maesteg railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1898 to 1964 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

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  Ysgol Maesteg School · 0.5 km

  Ysgol Maesteg School is an English language comprehensive school situated in the town of Maesteg in the South Wales Valleys of south-eastern Wales. The former and more commonly used name of the school is Maesteg Compr…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)