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Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters is a village in West Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 2,123. There were around 11 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Seven Sisters 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
Neath
Police force
South Wales

Weather

16°CMist

  • Today: 19° / 16° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:34

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Margam, United Kingdom

Crime

16 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Public order2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety & Speeding
  • Road Safety & Speeding

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

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 25 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Neath (13.1 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: 166.9p · ESSO (6.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Heol Eglwys Car Park, Ystradgynlais (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • 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

Carolyn Harris

Labour

Neath and Swansea East

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • 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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised

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

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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 8% · Solar 3%

353 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

  • Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot · 0.2 km

    Seven Sisters is a village and community in the Dulais Valley, Wales, UK. It lies 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Neath. Seven Sisters falls within the Seven Sisters ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough.

  • Seven Sisters (Neath Port Talbot ward) · 0.2 km

    Seven Sisters was an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot county borough. The ward, which included, as well as Seven Sisters proper, the lesser settlements of Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn, was…

  • Seven Sisters Onllwyn F.C. · 0.6 km

    Seven Sisters Onllwyn F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot, currently playing in the Ardal SW, which is at the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. The club was founded in 2020…

  • Mynydd y Drum · 1.4 km

    Mynydd y Drum is a hill on the border between the unitary authorities of Powys and Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. The summit of the hill is in Neath Port Talbot at 298 metres and lies towards the western end of a bro…

  • Pantyffordd Halt railway station · 1.6 km

    Pantyffordd Halt railway station served the area of Pant-y-ffordd, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1929 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

  • Hirfynydd · 2.5 km

    Hirfynydd is a 481-metre-high hill in Neath Port Talbot county borough in South Wales. A Roman road, Sarn Helen, runs along its entire northeast–southwest ridge-line, a route followed by a modern-day byway. To its wes…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Seven Sisters?
Seven Sisters is a town in West Glamorgan, Wales, in the Neath Port Talbot local authority.
What is the population of Seven Sisters?
Seven Sisters has an approximate settlement population of 2,123.
How deprived is Seven Sisters?
The Neath Port Talbot local authority, which includes Seven Sisters, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.