Penarth

17°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 10° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:43

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

112 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Shoplifting18
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Criminal damage & arson10

Neighbourhood team: St. Augustine's · South Wales

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

240 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

382 food businesses within 2 miles

• 298 rated 4–5 ★ (245 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penarth (0.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,094 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £902
• 2 bed £1,078
• 3 bed £1,203

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Albert Road, Barry (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches53
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

362,308 residents in Cardiff · 2,571/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Wales

18% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 28% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band D (22% of 166,780)

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

1 CQC-registered services

• GP practices1

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cardiff

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op)

Cardiff South and Penarth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens45
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

143 jobs advertised · £31,617 avg

e.g. Customer Service Advisor, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£712 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,059 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 191,815 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Solar 41% · Wind 6% · Nuclear 2%

197 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff South and Penarth:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership483 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership211 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office208 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test159 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Westbourne School, Penarth · 0.1 km

  Westbourne School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school for pupils between the ages of 3 and 18 located in the commuter town of Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales 5.2 miles south west from the W…

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  Turner House Gallery · 0.3 km

  Turner House Gallery is an art gallery and multi-purpose cultural venue in Penarth, near Cardiff, Wales.

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  Penarth · 0.3 km

  Penarth is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately three miles south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay.

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  Penarth railway station · 0.4 km

  Penarth railway station is the railway station serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is the terminus of Network Rail's Penarth branch running from Cogan Junction to Penarth station, 1 m…

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  St Augustine's Church, Penarth · 0.4 km

  St Augustine's Church is a Grade I-listed Gothic Revival nineteenth-century parish church in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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  Dingle Road railway station · 0.5 km

  Dingle Road railway station is a railway station in the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is on the Penarth branch of the Vale of Glamorgan Line 3 miles (5 km) south of Cardiff Central on the w…

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