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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

5°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:45

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Margam, United Kingdom

Crime

17 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Other theft2

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

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety & Speeding

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

Road safety

58 reported road collisions (2025)

22 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 4.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

31 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 24 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 5 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

£165,787 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-08

Detached£259,293
Semi-detached£168,614
Terraced£140,457
Flat£82,192

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£690 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £499
  • 2 bed £634
  • 3 bed £727

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

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: 170.9p · ESSO (6.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · ESSO (6.3 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,793
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,873
  • Net moves−80

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

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 Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

3,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £47,500 avg

e.g. Plumbing & Heating Manager, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Wind 8%

362 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SA10

  • Skewen Medical Centre
  • Dulais Valley Prim Care Centre
  • Tabernacle Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Neath and Swansea East:

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

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.