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Llandarcy

Llandarcy is a village in West Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 1,500. It has one school, two bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Skewen, 2.5 km away. There were around 35 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 Llandarcy 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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 9° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:46

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

44 reported · July 2026 83% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Public order6
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Coedffranc West · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Off-road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use
  • Off-road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use

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

177 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 156 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Skewen (2.2 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Skewen (2.1 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 (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Swansea Bay (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

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

Carolyn Harris

Labour

Neath and Swansea East

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • AyeDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Llandarcy – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Llandarcy – Flexible & Remote

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

2% low-carbon electricity

Gas 98% · Wind 2%

387 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 Neath and Swansea East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground · 0.4 km

    BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground is a cricket ground in Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1950, when the Glamorgan Second XI played the Gloucestershire Second XI in the 1950…

  • West End F.C. · 0.5 km

    West End Football Club is a football team, based in the Mayhill area of Swansea, Wales. They play in the West Wales Premier League.

  • Swansea City Ladies F.C. · 0.5 km

    Swansea City Women Football Club is a women's football club based in Swansea, Wales, currently playing in the Adran Premier, the top level of female competition in Wales.

  • Ynysygerwn F.C. · 0.5 km

    Ynysygerwn Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Aberdulais, situated approximately two miles from Neath town centre. The club currently competes Ardal SW League.

  • Coed Darcy · 0.5 km

    Coed Darcy is a new village under development on brownfield land adjacent to Llandarcy in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Development began in the mid-2000s and was expected to take approximately twenty years…

  • Llandarcy Oil Refinery · 0.6 km

    The Llandarcy Oil Refinery, also known as the National Oil Refinery, BP Llandarcy and Skewen refinery, was the United Kingdom's first oil refinery, initially opened by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on 29 June 1922, al…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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