Penarth

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:39

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

115 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Shoplifting26
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Violence & sexual offences23
• Public order12

Neighbourhood team: St. Augustine's · South Wales

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

272 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 348 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

382 food businesses within 2 miles

• 299 rated 4–5 ★ (244 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£272,443 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,177 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £908
• 2 bed £1,085
• 3 bed £1,211

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

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: 189.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

9 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,378
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK27,543
• Net moves−2,165

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

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)

15,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

84 jobs advertised · £36,469 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Roadside Technician - Wales, Sen Teacher

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

358 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CF64

• Vog Lhb
• Vale Clinic
• Albert Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks276 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth129 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills113 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals109 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements97 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

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

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  Westbourne School, Penarth · 0.1 km

  Westbourne School is a coeducational private 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 Welsh…

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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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