Hendy and Fforest’s story
1 listed building
Cadw lists them inside Hendy and Fforest’s built-up area.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Hendy and FforestDyfed
In Dyfed, Wales, this town has 2,996 residents. Private rents average £687 a month.
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Population
2,996
Census 2021 · Carmarthenshire council
Median home
£200K
132 sales in 3 years
Median age
42.1
20% are 65+ · Dyfed 24%
Degree level
35%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
5%
of commuters · Wales 16%
TownGrade
C+
#2 of 23 in Dyfed
Is Hendy and Fforest a good place to live?
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Its weakest subject is walkability: 5% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Taken together, its subjects give Hendy and Fforest a C+ overall, better than just over two fifths of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #2 of 23 in Dyfed. Housing is within reach (B+): the median home sold for £199,975, 4.7 years of area income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
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.
What makes Hendy and Fforest stand out
The 3 things Hendy and Fforest does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
5% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Homes built before 1919
History
Against 15% in the typical UK town
Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period.
Rent against income, UK towns
Renting
£687 a month
Average private rent, 19% of what households in the area earn: less than in 88% of UK towns
ONS private rents, Carmarthenshire council area.
How Hendy and Fforest grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Hendy and Fforest is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
WalkabilityIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedD−Open →Hazard risk3.8% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaDOpen →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areCOpen →Cost of livingHomes are easier to afford than in most townsB+Open →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workC+Open →SafetyClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History1 listed buildingCOpen →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 2.1 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsCOpen →Civic life2 local charities per 1,000 residents; 91% live within 1 km of a libraryA−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hendy and Fforest.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C+
Only 13% of Hendy and Fforest’s commuters work within 5 km, fewer than in Dyfed’s towns and across Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 92% of commuters, above both Dyfed’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%). Among 16 to 64s, 1.6% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. About 3% of its commuters stay in Hendy and Fforest for work. Households take home £49K a year before tax, on average.
5%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving92%
On foot4%
Bus1%
13%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
23%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£49K
mean household income, before tax
1.6%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: more walkable than 2% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Hendy and Fforest
It is shown below. 187 pupils attend Hendy and Fforest’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendy C.P. Mixed SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 187 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
History
Hendy and Fforest’s listed buildings: 1, all Grade II
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, near Dyfed’s towns (30%) and higher than Wales’s towns (27%). Hendy and Fforest has 3 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
1listed buildingsCHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
31%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
3
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Health
Is Hendy and Fforest a healthy place? 83% of its people say their health is good, above Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
The nearest A&E to Hendy and Fforest is Morriston Hospital, 5.5 miles away. At the census, 18% of people here had a disability, below Dyfed’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%) alike, and on top of that 5.6% of residents report bad or very bad health. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.4 miles away.
83%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 83%Fair 11%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Hendy and Fforest | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.6% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 23% | 22% |
78.8
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.7
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use 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’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
HousingCost of living grade B+
Hendy and Fforest is a town of owners: 78% of households own their home, above Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
Private renters make up 12% of households. 10% live in social housing, below Dyfed’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (18%) alike. The £199,975 median rests on 132 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
£200Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Hendy and Fforest£200K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £315,000 | 55 |
| Semi-detached | £176,000 | 51 |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 26 |
78%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
12%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£687
average private rent a month, Carmarthenshire council area
£2,351
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Hendy and Fforest records less violent crime per resident than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 21.6 per 1,000 a year
Violence and sexual offences made up 47% of the total. Hendy and Fforest logged 87 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 3 complaints of anti-social conduct. Burglary and damage came to 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Dyfed’s towns (11.2) and Wales’s towns (10.7).
21.6violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 58% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual41
Damage & arson19
Public order7
Other theft6
Burglary4
Other crime4
Drugs2
Vehicle crime2
Anti-social3
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.
21.6
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
3.4
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
87
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Who lives here
Few people in Hendy and Fforest are 15 to 24: 9.4%, fewer than in Dyfed’s towns and across Wales’s towns
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Dyfed’s towns (24%) and close to Wales’s towns (21%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. The age that splits Hendy and Fforest in two is 42.1. 35% of adults hold a degree.
42.1median age
Hendy and FforestDyfedWales
Ages · share of residents
20%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications14%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level35%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Hendy and Fforest | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Hendy and Fforest
14pages on Hendy and Fforest
The big questions
SafetyB21.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingB+Median home £200K · rent £687 a monthHousing42 sold in 12 months · busiest street Squirrel WalkSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthCWork & commuteC+38% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsD3.8% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Hendy and Fforest’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
PontarddulaisLlangennechGrovesendBrynGorseinonLoughorPenllergaerHendy and Fforest
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendy and Fforest | 2,996 | — | C+ | B+ | B | C |
| Pontarddulais | 6,513 | 0.9 | C | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Llangennech | 4,278 | 1.8 | B− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Grovesend | 1,148 | 1.9 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Bryn | 1,727 | 2.9 | — | B | B+ | C− |
| Gorseinon | 14,114 | 3.2 | C | B+ | B− | C− |
| Loughor | 4,632 | 3.5 | B− | B+ | B− | C |
| Penllergaer | 3,578 | 3.6 | C+ | C | B+ | C+ |
Grovesend and Bryn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Hendy and Fforest
How many listed buildings are there in Hendy and Fforest?
1 on Cadw’s list.
Does Hendy and Fforest flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Is Hendy and Fforest expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £199,975, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £150,000, semi-detached houses £176,000 and detached houses £315,000.
About Hendy and Fforest
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Hendy and Fforest is a built-up area of 2,996 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
- Population
- 2,996 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Carmarthenshire
- County
- Dyfed
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000416
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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