Pontyclun

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• Today: 19° / 12° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:37

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

66 reported · July 2026▲ 94% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Public order8
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Pontyclun West · 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)

148 food businesses within 2 miles

• 125 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontyclun (0.3 km)
• 5 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 (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Heol Yr Osaf (Lease), Rhondda Cynon Taf (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

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

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

Labour

Cardiff West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 57
• Con 1
• Grn 1
• Oth 8

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

156 jobs advertised · £40,873 avg

e.g. Sales Advisor - Part Time Evenings, Customer Service Advisor, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required 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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Solar 18% · Gas 15% · Nuclear 5%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 Cardiff West:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership377 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office222 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test212 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Pontyclun · 0.0 km

  Pontyclun is a town and community located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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  Pontyclun railway station · 0.3 km

  Pontyclun railway station is an unstaffed, minor railway station in Pontyclun, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The station is at street level, on Station Approach, Pontyclun. It is a stop on t…

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  Pontyclun F.C. · 0.5 km

  Pontyclun Football Club is an amateur Welsh football club based in Pontyclun. It currently plays in the South Wales Premier League as of the 2025–26 season following relegation from the Ardal South West League.

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  Afon Clun · 0.6 km

  Afon Clun is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Ely, in the counties of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Its bedrock is predominantly of sandstone. Beginning on the western slope of The Garth the river…

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  Tyla Garw · 0.7 km

  Tyla Garw is a hamlet within the community of Llanharry in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, and is located to the west of the Afon Clun, near Pontyclun.

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  Brynsadler · 0.7 km

  Brynsadler is a small village situated in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, it is part of the community of Pontyclun. Pontyclun FC is based in Brynsadler Pontyclun F.C wiki

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)