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Pwll-trapDyfed

A village of 790 in Dyfed, Wales.

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Photo: Roger W Haworth · CC BY-SA 2.0

Is Pwll-trap a good place to live?

Pwll-trap has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real.

What makes Pwll-trap stand out

The 3 things Pwll-trap does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Pwll-trap’s outline. No photo of its heritage is in our collection yet.
Pwll-trap’s story

1 listed building

Cadw lists them inside Pwll-trap’s built-up area.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pwll-trap.

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Pwll-trap work nearby than in Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 16% travel under 5 km

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.

On this, Pwll-trap is below both Dyfed’s towns (41%) and Wales’s towns (41%). 4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

4%walk, cycle or ride

How commuters got to work · March 2021

Driving95%
On foot3%
16%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
24%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£43K
mean household income, before tax
2%
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

Private renting is less common in Pwll-trap than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 5%

In the comparison, Pwll-trap comes below both Dyfed’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Owners make up 83% of households.

£276Kmedian sale

Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Pwll-trap£276K
Typical UK town£277K
By typeMedianSales
Detached£302,50016
83%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
5%
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

Pwll-trap records less burglary and damage per resident than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 1.4 per 1,000 a year

For Pwll-trap, that is below both Dyfed’s towns (11) and Wales’s towns (10.7). Violent crime runs at 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 12 crimes inside Pwll-trap’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.

11.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year

Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violence & sexual12
Shoplifting0
Damage & arson0
Public order0
Other theft0
Burglary0
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Anti-social0

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.

11.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
0
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
12
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026

data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL

Health

Bad health is less common in Pwll-trap than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 3.3% of residents

Pwll-trap sits below both Dyfed’s towns (7.4%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%) on this measure. Pwll-trap has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.7 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.

81%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 16%Bad or very bad 3%
Census 2021Pwll-trapDyfedWales
Good or very good health81%77%78%
Bad or very bad health3.3%7.4%7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)20%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

History

1 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I

The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.

Pwll-trap has 1 listed building inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 37% of its homes were built before 1919.

1listed buildings

Listed buildings by grade · Cadw

Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
37%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
13
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

Pwll-trap has fewer young adults than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 6.2% are 15 to 24

That puts Pwll-trap below both Dyfed’s towns (12%) and Wales’s towns (12%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. The median resident of Pwll-trap is 49.1 years old.

49.1median age
Pwll-trapDyfedWales

Ages · share of residents

Qualifications · residents 16 and older

No qualifications19%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar14%
Degree level36%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and qualifications in Pwll-trap
Pwll-trapDyfedWales
Under 1518%16%17%
15–246.2%12%12%
25–4423%22%25%
45–6425%26%26%
65+28%24%21%
No qualifications19%19%20%
Apprenticeship6.3%6.1%5.6%
A levels or similar14%18%17%
Degree level36%30%31%

ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pwll-trap

12pages on Pwll-trap

Pwll-trap’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Dyfed →
St ClearsWhitlandCarmarthenNarberthKilgettyKidwellySaundersfootSt ClearsWhitlandCarmarthenNarberthKilgettyKidwellySaundersfootPwll-trap
How the neighbours grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pwll-trap790—————
St Clears1,7870.7—B+C−C+
Whitland1,9074.3—BC−C+
Carmarthen16,4488.9C−B+D−C−
Narberth2,3659.9—B+CC+
Kilgetty1,24711—B−BC+
Kidwelly2,76111C−A−C−C−
Saundersfoot2,51511DCCC+

St Clears, Whitland, Narberth and Kilgetty have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.

Questions about Pwll-trap

How many listed buildings are there in Pwll-trap?

1 on Cadw’s list.

How much is council tax in Pwll-trap?

Band D council tax in Pwll-trap is £2,351 for 2026–27, less than in 67% of UK towns (the Carmarthenshire council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.

About Pwll-trap

Village in Dyfed, Wales

Pwll-trap is a built-up area of 790 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
790 (Census 2021)
Council
Carmarthenshire
County
Dyfed
Region
Wales
Area
0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
ONS code
W45000317

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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.