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Cwmavon

Cwmavon is a village in West Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 2,200. There are 7 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Port Talbot Parkway, 3 km away. There were around 26 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cwmavon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Neath Port Talbot area is more deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 142,286 residents at roughly 322 people per km².

Council
Neath Port Talbot
County
West Glamorgan
Constituency
Aberavon
Police force
South Wales

Weather

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 18° / 17° · 93% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:36

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Margam, United Kingdom

Crime

26 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Violence & sexual offences9
  • Public order4
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Bryn and Cwmavon · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Bikes/scooters being driven dangerously, noise nuisance, Sur-Rons
  • Fly-tipping, littering, graffiti, wildfires

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

Road safety

77 reported road collisions (2024)

16 killed or seriously injured · 95 casualties · 5.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

179 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 152 rated 4–5 ★ (115 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Port Talbot Parkway (3.0 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Port Talbot Parkway (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£162,967 average 1.3% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-06

Detached£255,614
Semi-detached£165,871
Terraced£137,459
Flat£82,614

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£689 average monthly rent 6.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £498
  • 2 bed £633
  • 3 bed £725

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

Affordability

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Port Talbot (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,286 residents in Neath Port Talbot · 322/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Wales

15% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 33% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (41% of 67,170)

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

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,910 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

13% low-carbon electricity

Gas 87% · Wind 8% · Nuclear 5% · Solar 0%

345 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

  • Bryn and Cwmavon · 0.3 km

    Bryn and Cwmavon is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. The electoral ward comprises the parishes of Bryn and Cwmavon.

  • Cwmavon Glam railway station · 0.4 km

    Cwmavon Glam railway station served the village of Cwmafan, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1964 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

  • Cwmafan · 0.6 km

    Cwmafan, also known as Cwmavon, is a large village and community in the Afan valley in Wales, lying within Neath Port Talbot County Borough. It had a population of 5,615 at the 2011 Census. Cwmafan is known for having…

  • Trefelin B.G.C. · 1.3 km

    Trefelin Boys & Girls Club, often shortened to Trefelin BGC, is an association football club who play their home games at Ynys Park in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Their men's team play in the Cymru Premier.

  • Mynydd-y-Gaer · 1.8 km

    Mynydd-y-Gaer is a hill that sits on the boundaries between the South Wales communities of Baglan, Cwmavon and Briton Ferry,, all within Neath Port Talbot county borough. The summit, at 314 m (1,030 ft), has grassland…

  • Buarth-y-Gaer · 1.9 km

    Buarth-y-Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort or enclosure on the summit of Mynydd-y-Gaer, 300 m (980 ft) above sea level. It is in Briton Ferry community, near Neath, in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. A large hilltop enclos…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cwmavon?
Cwmavon is a town in West Glamorgan, Wales, in the Neath Port Talbot local authority.
How deprived is Cwmavon?
The Neath Port Talbot local authority, which includes Cwmavon, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.