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A village of 1,455 in Dyfed, Wales.
Llandovery has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 30% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £40,930; 3.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £175,000 in the last three years, 4.1 times what households in the Carmarthenshire 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 Llandovery 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 Llandovery is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists them inside Llandovery’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
59% 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 Llandovery.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
In the comparison, Llandovery comes above both Dyfed’s towns (32) and Wales’s towns (18). Llandovery’s listed buildings include Church of St Mary, Grade I. Llandovery has 106 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II*.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Rhys PrichardLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 212 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Llandovery, that is below both Dyfed’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Half the homes sold went for more than £175K, below both Dyfed’s towns (£198K) and Wales’s towns (£195K).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £275,000 | 9 |
| Semi-detached | £170,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £162,250 | 32 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police recorded 101 crimes inside Llandovery’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 10 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 49% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent 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
One GP practice serves the town. 19% of residents have a disability, below both Dyfed’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Llandovery | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.6% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Llandovery sits below both Dyfed’s towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (31%) on this measure. Half the people of Llandovery are older than 44.7. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Llandovery | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 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
14 notable people were born in Llandovery.
Wyn Jones: stede64, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandovery | 1,455 | — | — | A− | C | C+ |
| Llandeilo | 1,788 | 11 | — | B | C+ | C+ |
Llandeilo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
106 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I and 5 Grade II*. That is 29.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £175,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £162,250, semi-detached houses £170,000 and detached houses £275,000.
Village in Dyfed, Wales
Llandovery is a built-up area of 1,455 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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