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South Cornelly

South Cornelly is a village in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 471. There is one school, around 2 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Pyle, 1.7 km away. There were around 50 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the South Cornelly area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bridgend area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 145,490 residents at roughly 580 people per km².

Council
Bridgend
County
Mid Glamorgan
Constituency
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Weather

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 18° / 18° · 88% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:34

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

Crime

53 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences20
  • Public order11
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Anti-social behaviour7

Neighbourhood team: Cornelly · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety & Speeding - Curwen Ter, North Cornelly
  • Antisocial Behaviour - Cornelly Community Centre

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

93 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 78 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pyle (1.7 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pyle (1.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£207,546 average 3.1% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-06

Detached£319,214
Semi-detached£205,073
Terraced£167,433
Flat£110,149

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Hillsboro Place, Porthcawl (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

145,490 residents in Bridgend · 580/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Stephen Kinnock

Labour

Aberafan Maesteg

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,606 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 6% · Solar 1%

367 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberafan Maesteg:

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

Notable places nearby

  • South Cornelly · 0.5 km

    South Cornelly is a village in Cornelly, Bridgend county borough, Wales. The village is close to North Cornelly, Pyle and Porthcawl, and junction 37 of the M4 motorway, which runs along its northern side. It is in the…

  • Cornelly · 0.7 km

    Cornelly is a community and electoral ward in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. As of 2011 the population of the Cornelly ward was 7,059.

  • Sker House · 1.1 km

    Sker House is a historic building in Wales. Originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago, it is situated just outside the town of Porthcawl, near Bridgend. Little remains of the ori…

  • Pyle railway station · 1.7 km

    Pyle railway station is a minor station in Pyle in Bridgend county borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at Beach Road in Pyle, 196 miles 40 chains (316.2 km) from the zero point at London Paddi…

  • Kenfig · 1.7 km

    Kenfig is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) inland on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, and just south-west of the M4 motorway. To the east is the town of Bridgend, at…

  • Prince of Wales Inn · 2.0 km

    The Prince of Wales Inn, formerly Kenfig Town Hall, is a public house in Heol Gorllewin, Kenfig, Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The structure, which used to be a municipal building, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is South Cornelly?
South Cornelly is a town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, in the Bridgend local authority.
What is the population of South Cornelly?
South Cornelly has an approximate settlement population of 471.
How deprived is South Cornelly?
The Bridgend local authority, which includes South Cornelly, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.