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A town of 4,040 in Dyfed, Wales.
Tumble grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 15% of UK towns, and #11 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £175,000, 4.1 years of area income; rent £687 a month. Its weakest is walkability (D): 7% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
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 Tumble 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 Tumble is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 1 building inside Tumble’s built-up area.
27% 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 Tumble.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
17% of workers worked mainly from home at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.4% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below Dyfed’s towns (3.2%) and Wales’s towns (3%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.4. About 6% of its commuters stay in Tumble for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Tumble’s three primaries have 258 pupils between them. Below is one of them, and why it was picked. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gynradd Y TymblLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 112 | – |
Life expectancy here is 80.9 for women and 78.1 for men (2019–23). At the census, 24% of people here had a disability, above Dyfed’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%) alike. Tumble has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Tumble | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for two thirds of recorded crime. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 279 recorded crimes inside Tumble’s built-up area, and 26 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Tumble records more crime per resident than 84% 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.
70% of households own their home, above Dyfed’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%) alike. The £175,000 median rests on 157 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). It is the 17th most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Dyfed.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £292,250 | 58 |
| Semi-detached | £157,500 | 62 |
| Terraced | £129,950 | 37 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Tumble has the fewest listed buildings of the towns in Dyfed. Homes from before 1919 make up 27% of the total, in line with Dyfed’s towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (27%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Among adults, 27% have a degree. Half the people of Tumble are older than 45.5. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Tumble | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumble | 4,040 | — | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 2 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 2.4 | — | A | C+ | C |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 3.3 | — | B− | C− | D |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 4.5 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 4.7 | — | A− | C− | C |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 4.9 | — | B+ | A− | D |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 5.3 | D | B+ | C | D |
Pontyberem, Capel Hendre, Tycroes, Pontyates and Penybanc have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
1 on Cadw’s list.
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 £129,950, semi-detached houses £157,500 and detached houses £292,250.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Tumble is a built-up area of 4,040 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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