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A town of 3,866 in Dyfed, Wales.
Glanaman grades D overall against UK towns: better than 8% of UK towns, and #19 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £155,000, 3.6 years of area income; rent £687 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £40,022; 4% 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 Glanaman 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 Glanaman is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Glanaman’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
54% 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 Glanaman.
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.
At the census, 8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Dyfed’s towns (15%) and Wales’s towns (16%). Work in town: 7% of resident commuters. For every resident in work, Glanaman has 0.4 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
It is shown below. Its one primary school teaches 299 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Y BedolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 299 | – |
Self-reported good health: 73% of Glanaman’s residents. 9.3% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, above both Dyfed’s towns (7.4%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). Seeing a GP means leaving Glanaman: the nearest practice is 1.5 miles away. Women here live to 82.8 on average and men to 77.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Glanaman | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9.3% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
Half of the 142 standard sales inside Glanaman’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £155,000. The owner-occupied share of households is 67%. Private renters make up 16% of households, near both Dyfed’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (17%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £235,000 | 49 |
| Semi-detached | £150,000 | 58 |
| Terraced | £130,000 | 35 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 303 recorded crimes inside Glanaman’s built-up area, and 21 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Glanaman has more crime per resident than 86% of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 50% of recorded crime.
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.
Glanaman has 3 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 1 Grade II*. It has 8 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, in line with Dyfed’s towns (41) and Wales’s towns (18).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
27% of adults hold a degree, below Dyfed’s towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (31%) alike. Ages in Glanaman split evenly at 45: half are older, half younger. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Glanaman | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
22 notable people were born in Glanaman.
John Cale: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ryan Davies: Sain (Records) Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cefin Campbell: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanaman | 3,866 | — | D | A− | C− | D |
| Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | 2,744 | 1.9 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Brynamman | 2,636 | 1.9 | D | A− | C | D |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 3.1 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen | 1,354 | 4.1 | — | B+ | B+ | D |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 4.1 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 4.1 | — | B+ | A− | D |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 4.9 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen, Penybanc and Tycroes have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
3 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*.
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 £155,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £130,000, semi-detached houses £150,000 and detached houses £235,000.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Glanaman is a built-up area of 3,866 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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