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A town of 2,563 in Dyfed, Wales. 7% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Llandybie grades D overall against UK towns: better than 9% of UK towns, and #18 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £205,000, 4.8 years of area income; rent £687 a month. Its weakest is hazard risk (D−): 17% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Llandybie 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 Llandybie is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 14 buildings inside Llandybie’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
31% 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 Llandybie.
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.
Just over nine in ten commuters drove, higher than both Dyfed’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%). For nearly a third of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Work in town: 6% of resident commuters. In 2026, 3.4% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
It appears below. 201 pupils attend Llandybie’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llandybie PrimaryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 201 | – |
The nearest A&E to Llandybie is Morriston Hospital, 9.7 miles away. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.6 miles away. 7.9% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2021 | Llandybie | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.9% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them. 31% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Dyfed’s towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (27%). Listed buildings per head: 55 for every 10,000 residents of Llandybie.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The social rented sector houses 13% of households. Private renters make up 14% of households, below Dyfed’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (17%) alike. Behind the median of £205,000: 81 standard sales inside Llandybie’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £322,000 | 31 |
| Semi-detached | £168,999 | 39 |
| Terraced | £140,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Of all the crimes, 63% were violence and sexual offences. Police figures for Llandybie’s built-up area: 140 crimes and 12 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Llandybie records more crime per resident than 70% 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.
Graduates make up 33% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, below both Dyfed’s towns (12%) and Wales’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Llandybie by age and the one in the middle is 47.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Llandybie | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
14 listed buildings in Llandybie.
Cil-yr-ychen Lime Kilns: Photo: Ken Day · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Llandybie National School: Photo: Ken Day · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Red Lion Inn: Photo: John B R Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Llandybie Bridge: Photo: John B R Davies · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandybie | 2,563 | — | D | B+ | C | D |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 1.7 | — | B+ | A− | D |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 2 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 2.8 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 2.9 | — | B− | C− | D |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 3.3 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Glanaman | 3,866 | 4.1 | D | A− | C− | D |
| Llandeilo | 1,788 | 4.6 | — | B | C+ | C+ |
Penybanc, Tycroes, Capel Hendre and Llandeilo have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get 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.
14 on Cadw’s list, 2 of them Grade II*. That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £205,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £140,000, semi-detached houses £168,999 and detached houses £322,000.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Llandybie is a built-up area of 2,563 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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