Mountain Ash

7°COvercast

• Today: 7° / 5° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:39

9h 25m 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

111 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences61
• Public order13
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Mountain Ash · South Wales

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

146 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 103 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mountain Ash (0.3 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,213 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £528
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £758

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

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: 156.9p · Esso (0.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (0.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Old Cardiff Road, Mountain Ash (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,401
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,653
• Net moves−252

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

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

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

43 jobs advertised · £40,493 avg

e.g. Care Worker, JVP Optometrist - South Wales, Deputy Manager

Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 12%

347 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CF45

• Mountain Ash Hospital
• Rct Lhb & Merthyr Lhb Ooh
• Health Hub Iw

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety361 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients340 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals180 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases160 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

• Bethlehem Chapel, Mountain Ash · 0.1 km

  Bethlehem, Mountain Ash was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Pryce Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethlehem were conducted in the Welsh language.

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  Mountain Ash Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Mountain Ash Town Hall is a municipal structure in Ffrwd Crescent, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Mountain Ash Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

• Mountain Ash Urban District · 0.1 km

  Mountain Ash Urban District was a local authority in Mountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act. The council replaced…

• Mountain Ash Cardiff Road railway station · 0.2 km

  Mountain Ash Cardiff Road railway station served the town of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, from 1864 to 1964 on the Vale of Neath Railway.

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  Bethania Chapel, Mountain Ash · 0.2 km

  Bethania is an Independent chapel in Phillip Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethania are conducted in the Welsh language.

• Rhos Baptist Chapel, Mountain Ash · 0.2 km

  Rhos, Mountain Ash was a Baptist chapel in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Rhos were conducted in the Welsh language.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)