Pontrhydfendigaid’s story
8 listed buildings
Cadw lists them inside Pontrhydfendigaid’s built-up area.
61% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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PontrhydfendigaidDyfed
Walking, cycling and public transport carry 9% of commuters. The village has 312 residents and lies in Dyfed, Wales.
Photo: Angella Streluk · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
312
Census 2021 · Ceredigion council
Median home
£154K
14 sales in 3 years
Median age
54.2
31% are 65+ · Dyfed 24%
Degree level
28%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
9%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Pontrhydfendigaid a good place to live?
There are no grades for Pontrhydfendigaid: with fewer than 1,000 residents, they wouldn’t be fair. The figures on this page are still real. 61% of homes were built before 1919. Homes sell for a median £153,500.
What makes Pontrhydfendigaid stand out
The 3 things Pontrhydfendigaid does most differently from other towns.
Homes built before 1919
History
Against 15% in the typical UK town
Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period.
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
45% below the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
9% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pontrhydfendigaid.
Work & commute
Only 8% of Pontrhydfendigaid’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 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 88% of commuters went by car. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.6% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below both Dyfed’s towns (3.2%) and Wales’s towns (3%). The census counted 28% of workers working mainly from home. Of the commuters living in Pontrhydfendigaid, 7% work in the town itself.
9%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving88%
On foot7%
Bus2%
8%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
28%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£45K
mean household income, before tax
2.6%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Housing
Few households rent privately in Pontrhydfendigaid: 15%, fewer than in Dyfed’s towns and across Wales’s towns
69% of households own their home, above both Dyfed’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private rents average £723 a month across the Ceredigion council area. Council and housing-body homes hold 16% of households.
£154Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Pontrhydfendigaid£154K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £135,000 | 10 |
69%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
15%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£723
average private rent a month, Ceredigion council area
£2,419
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
Burglary and damage are rarer in Pontrhydfendigaid than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 42% of recorded crime. Pontrhydfendigaid logged 19 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 3 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violent crime ran at 32.5 per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Wales’s towns (33.8) and below Dyfed’s towns (39.4).
32.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual8
Public order6
Other crime2
Damage & arson1
Other theft1
Weapons1
Shoplifting0
Burglary0
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.
32.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1.2
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
19
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.
Health
More people in Pontrhydfendigaid live with a disability than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 26%
Seeing a GP means leaving Pontrhydfendigaid: the nearest practice is 5.3 miles away. Just over three quarters of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Dyfed’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%) alike. The nearest A&E to Pontrhydfendigaid is Bronglais General Hospital, 12.8 miles away.
76%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 76%Fair 17%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Pontrhydfendigaid | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 23% | 22% |
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 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
History
Pontrhydfendigaid is rich in listed buildings: 256 per 10,000 residents, more than in Dyfed’s towns and across Wales’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Every one of Pontrhydfendigaid’s 8 listed buildings sits at Grade II, the most common listing.
8listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II8
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
61%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
256
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Pontrhydfendigaid than in Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 10% are under 15
31% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, below both Dyfed’s towns (12%) and Wales’s towns (12%). Ages in Pontrhydfendigaid split evenly at 54.2: half are older, half younger. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
54.2median age
PontrhydfendigaidDyfedWales
Ages · share of residents
31%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar21%
Degree level28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
| Pontrhydfendigaid | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Pontrhydfendigaid
13pages on Pontrhydfendigaid
The big questions
Questions about Pontrhydfendigaid
How many listed buildings are there in Pontrhydfendigaid?
8 on Cadw’s list. That is 10.5 times the typical UK town for its size.
About Pontrhydfendigaid
Village in Dyfed, Wales
Pontrhydfendigaid is a built-up area of 312 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
- Population
- 312 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Ceredigion
- County
- Dyfed
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000236
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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