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A town of 2,636 in Dyfed, Wales.
Brynamman grades D overall against UK towns: better than 13% of UK towns, and #14 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £149,975, 3.5 years of area income; rent £688 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £39,628; 3.2% 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 Brynamman 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 Brynamman is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Brynamman’s built-up area.
61% 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 Brynamman.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 7% of commuters got to work without a car. The census counted 17% of workers working mainly from home. Brynamman counts 0.2 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
It appears below. The town’s primary school has 269 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynaman C P SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 269 | – |
Nearly three quarters of Brynamman’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Dyfed’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%) alike. At the census, nearly a tenth of people here described their health as bad or very bad. Seeing a GP means leaving Brynamman: the nearest practice is 1.3 miles away. Women here live to 82.4 on average and men to 77.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Brynamman | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
Only one of the 23 towns in Dyfed costs less to buy into than Brynamman, whose median sale is £149,975. The £149,975 median rests on 80 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). 67% of households own their home, above both Dyfed’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £203,500 | 24 |
| Semi-detached | £160,475 | 32 |
| Terraced | £108,500 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 61% of the total. 177 crimes and 12 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Brynamman’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Brynamman records more crime per resident than 78% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Brynamman has 3 listed buildings on Cadw’s list, all Grade II. Per 10,000 residents, Brynamman counts 11 listed buildings, lower than both Dyfed’s towns (41) and Wales’s towns (18).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Dyfed’s towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (31%). At 46.1, the median resident of Brynamman sits in the middle of the age range. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Brynamman | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brynamman | 2,636 | — | D | A− | C | D |
| Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | 2,744 | 1.5 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Glanaman | 3,866 | 1.9 | D | A− | C− | D |
| Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen | 1,354 | 2.3 | — | B+ | B+ | D |
| Ystalyfera | 7,831 | 4.8 | D | A− | C | D |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 5 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Ystradgynlais | 4,032 | 5.4 | D− | B+ | D | D |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 5.9 | D | B+ | C | D |
Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
3 on Cadw’s list.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £149,975, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £108,500, semi-detached houses £160,475 and detached houses £203,500.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Brynamman is a built-up area of 2,636 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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