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A town of 8,282 in Dyfed, Wales.
Ammanford grades D overall against UK towns: better than 7% of UK towns, and #21 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £190,000, 4.4 years of area income; rent £687 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £41,311; 3.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Dyfed Powys Police published 32 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The 3 things Ammanford does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Ammanford is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 16 buildings inside Ammanford’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ammanford.
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 833 offences in Ammanford and 120 cases of nuisance behaviour. Homes saw 16.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above both Dyfed’s towns (11) and Wales’s towns (10.7). For its size, Ammanford records more crime per resident than 95% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Violence and sexual offences made up 53% of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Some 2,558 pupils attend Ammanford’s four primaries and one secondary. Three of them are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Bro Banw Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 441 | – |
| Ysgol Dyffryn AmanLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,547 | – |
| Ysgol Gymraeg RhydamanLargest Welsh-medium schoolPrimary | Primary | 288 | – |
2 GP practices serve the town. At the census, 25% of people here had a disability, higher than both Dyfed’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents report bad or very bad health. Life expectancy here is 83.7 for women and 76.2 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Ammanford | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.7% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy.
From September 2023 to August 2026, 259 homes sold inside Ammanford’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £190,000. Social housing holds nearly a fifth of households. 66% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £260,000 | 99 |
| Semi-detached | £179,995 | 111 |
| Terraced | £142,500 | 45 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 38%. The national list protects one ancient monument in Ammanford.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 1 jobs in Ammanford for each resident in work. Just over a third of commuters travelled under 5 km, below Dyfed’s towns (41%) and Wales’s towns (41%) alike. On top of that, on foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 12% of commuters travelled at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
17% of residents are children under 15. The median resident of Ammanford is 44.7 years old. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Ammanford | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
16 listed buildings in Ammanford.
Pantyffynnon Station: Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · All Saints Church: Photo: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Arcade: Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Miners Welfare Hall: Photo: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0
20 notable people were born in Ammanford.
Alex Jones: Daicaregos, CC BY 3.0 · Lucy Packer: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rick Smith: Mark Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Owain Wyn Evans: Fhajr, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 8,282 | — | D | B+ | D | D |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 1 | — | B+ | A− | D |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 1.8 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 2 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 2.8 | — | B− | C− | D |
| Glanaman | 3,866 | 3.1 | D | A− | C− | D |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 4.1 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | 2,744 | 4.5 | D | B+ | C | D |
Penybanc, Tycroes and Capel Hendre have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
16 on Cadw’s list. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £142,500, semi-detached houses £179,995 and detached houses £260,000.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Ammanford is a built-up area of 8,282 people, in the Carmarthenshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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