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A town of 2,505 in Dyfed, Wales.
Lampeter grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 20% of UK towns, and #7 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 28% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £41,022; 4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £178,000 in the last three years, 4.1 times what households in the Ceredigion council area earn in a year.
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 Lampeter 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 Lampeter is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 27 buildings inside Lampeter’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 2 scheduled monuments.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Lampeter, Pennsylvania, is named after Lampeter.
Lampeter, Pennsylvania, settled in 1827, takes its name from this town.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lampeter.
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 284 offences in Lampeter and 36 cases of nuisance behaviour. Violent crime comes to 57.5 per 1,000 residents a year. For its size, Lampeter records more crime per resident than 96% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Violence and sexual offences made up 46% 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.
It appears below. The town’s secondary school has 967 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Bro PedrLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 967 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Work in town: 36% of resident commuters. Lampeter counts 1.8 jobs per working resident. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 38%, below Dyfed’s towns (41%) and Wales’s towns (41%) alike.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Lampeter counts 108 listed buildings, higher than both Dyfed’s towns (32) and Wales’s towns (18). Cadw’s list names 27 listed buildings here: 1 Grade II*. The pre-1919 share of homes is 38%.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the census, 6.2% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. The nearest A&E to Lampeter is Glangwili General Hospital, 19.1 miles away. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Lampeter | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.2% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy.
54% of households own their home, lower than both Dyfed’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private rents average £723 a month across the Ceredigion council area. From September 2023 to August 2026, 69 homes sold inside Lampeter’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £178,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £226,500 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £178,000 | 19 |
| Terraced | £170,000 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Half the people of Lampeter are older than 38.9. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, between Dyfed’s towns (24%) and Wales’s towns (21%). Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Lampeter | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
27 listed buildings in Lampeter.
Post Office: Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Capel Soar: Photo: WelshDave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Black Lion Hotel, including service range to left: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel including attached presbytery: Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lampeter | 2,505 | — | C− | B+ | D− | C |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 4.2 | — | A− | C− | C |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 11 | — | B+ | D | C |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 11 | — | A | D | C |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 12 | — | C+ | D− | C+ |
Llanybydder, Llandysul, Pencader and Aberaeron have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
27 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 4.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £178,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £170,000, semi-detached houses £178,000 and detached houses £226,500.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Lampeter is a built-up area of 2,505 people, in the Ceredigion 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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