Tongwynlais

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 17° · 94% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:34

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

73 reported · July 2026▲ 46% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Public order14
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Whitchurch and Tongwynlais · 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)

203 food businesses within 2 miles

• 168 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taffs Well (1.6 km)
• 2 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: 153.9p · BP (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Cardiff Coryton Supercentre (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

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

Anna McMorrin

Labour

Cardiff North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Service Operations Install Engineer, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Tongwynlais – Flexible Schedule, Become a Arabic Tutor in Tongwynlais – Flexible & Remote

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Solar 6% · Wind 5%

348 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff North:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office248 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership212 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test201 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Tongwynlais · 0.1 km

  Tongwynlais is a village and community in the north of Cardiff, Wales, north of the M4 motorway in the Taff Valley. It is notable as the location of the hillside landmark, Castell Coch. The population as of the 2011 c…

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  St Michael and All Angels Church, Tongwynlais · 0.3 km

  St Michael and All Angels Church is an Anglican church in the village of Tongwynlais, South Wales, serving the parish of the same name. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  St David's Church, Nottage · 0.4 km

  St David's Church, Nottage is an Anglican church in Nottage, South Wales.

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  Ainon Baptist Church (Tongwynlais) · 0.4 km

  Ainon Baptist Church, Tongwynlais is an independent Baptist church which has operated in the village of Tongwynlais in Cardiff, Wales, for over 180 years.

• Tongwynlais railway station · 0.4 km

  Tongwynlais railway station served Tongwynlais in South Wales.

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  Cardiff–South Wales Valleys metropolitan area · 0.4 km

  The ESPON Cardiff–South Wales Valleys metropolitan area was a metropolitan area used by the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) of the European Union. The area included parts of south-east Wales, spe…

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