Ystalyfera

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 11° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:39

12h 56m 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 · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Public order9
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera · South Wales

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

329 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 458 casualties · 24.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

101 food businesses within 2 miles

• 83 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,004 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Powys · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£622 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £462
• 2 bed £579
• 3 bed £701

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Asda Ystalyfera (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,170 residents in Powys · 26/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

1% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 66,730)

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

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

• Schools5
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £35,880 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£705 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,047 disposable income per head (2024)

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

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,719 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Gas 24% · Solar 10% · Nuclear 6%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety756 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership335 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Ystalyfera railway station · 0.1 km

  Ystalyfera railway station served the village of Ystalyfera, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1861 to 1950 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

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  Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur · 0.4 km

  Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The school provides education to three- to eighteen-year-old pupils in Neath Port Talbot and south Powys at three ca…

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  Ystalyfera · 0.5 km

  Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of…

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  Afon Twrch · 0.7 km

  The Afon Twrch is a river which rises in the Black Mountain in south Wales. It forms the boundary between Powys and Carmarthenshire and, downstream of Ystradowen, between Powys and Neath Port Talbot.

• Ysgol Maesydderwen · 0.8 km

  Ysgol Maesydderwen is a state secondary school and sixth form in Ystradgynlais, Powys. As of 2024, there were 542 pupils on roll at the school. It is an English-medium school.

• Swansea Valley · 1.1 km

  The Swansea Valley is one of the South Wales Valleys. It is the valley from the Brecon Beacons National Park to the sea at Swansea of the River Tawe in Wales. Administration of the area is divided between the City an…

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