Wooden’s story
No listed buildings inside Wooden’s built-up area
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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WoodenDyfed
A village of 1,300 in Dyfed, Wales.
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Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,300
Census 2021 · Pembrokeshire council
Median home
£260K
63 sales in 3 years
Median age
51.9
31% are 65+ · Dyfed 24%
Degree level
31%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
6%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Wooden a good place to live?
Wooden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is walkability (D−): 6% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £260,000 in the last three years, 6.2 times what households in the Pembrokeshire 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.
What makes Wooden stand out
The 3 things Wooden does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
6% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
31% are 65 or over
Against 21% across Wales’s towns
Own outright
Housing
50% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (Wales’s towns 36%)
How Wooden grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Wooden is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
WalkabilityD−Open →Hazard riskAOpen →Jobs & incomeMean household income £42,422COpen →Health7.3% in bad or very bad health, 25% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade)COpen →SafetyBOpen →Cost of livingrent £694 a monthC+Open →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History0 listed buildingsD−Open →Outdoors0% live within 400 m of a park; 18% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeDOpen →Civic life2.3 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryCOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Tenby Castle and 12 more in and around Wooden
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wooden. Best known first.
CastleTenby Castle4.9 km outside town, to the southeast
Garden · National TrustColby Woodland Garden3.2 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumTenby Museum & Art Gallery5 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleAmroth Castle4.3 km outside town, to the east
ZooManor Wildlife Park3.5 km outside town, to the southwestZooZooFolly Farm2 km outside town, to the northPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Tenby Castle: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colby Woodland Garden: DanielR235, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tenby Museum & Art Gallery: Dragonwing88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amroth Castle: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manor Wildlife Park: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wooden.
History
Most of Wooden is newer: only 8% of homes were built before 1919, below Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cadw’s list has no building inside Wooden’s built-up area.
0listed buildingsD−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
8%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
0
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
Benefit claims run low in Wooden, 1.7% of 16 to 64s, below Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 28%, below both Dyfed’s towns (41%) and Wales’s towns (41%). Wooden counts 0.7 jobs per working resident. About 4% of its commuters stay in Wooden for work. 92% of commuters drove to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving92%
On foot5%
Bus1%
Bicycle1%
28%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
21%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£42K
mean household income, before tax
1.7%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: more walkable than 4% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Who lives here
Wooden has fewer young adults than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Dyfed’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Typical age in Wooden: 51.9, the median.
51.9median age
WoodenDyfedWales
Ages · share of residents
31%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications22%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level31%
Women and men · all residents
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.
| Wooden | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Health
More people in Wooden live with a disability than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 25%
Asked at the census, 76% of residents of Wooden said they were in good or very good health. There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 1.2 miles off. The nearest A&E to Wooden is Withybush General Hospital, 12 miles away.
76%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 76%Fair 17%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Wooden | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.3% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 23% | 22% |
79.8
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
84
life expectancy at birth, women
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 · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
Safety
Wooden records less burglary and damage per resident than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 5.8 per 1,000 a year
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 1.7 reports per 1,000, below Dyfed’s towns (6.9) and Wales’s towns (10.4) alike. Per 1,000 residents, 22.2 violent crimes are recorded each year. Over the year to August 2026, 41 offences were reported in Wooden, along with 4 incidents of anti-social behaviour. 59% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
22.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 39% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual24
Other theft5
Public order4
Other crime3
Damage & arson2
Drugs1
Vehicle crime1
Weapons1
Anti-social4
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.
22.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5.8
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
41
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.
HousingCost of living grade C+
More households own their home in Wooden than in Dyfed’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 77%
Private renters make up 13% of households, below both Dyfed’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (17%). 9% of households rent from a council or housing body. 63 standard sales inside Wooden’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £260,000.
£260Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Wooden£260K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £273,281 | 44 |
| Semi-detached | £234,500 | 10 |
| Flat or maisonette | £123,000 | 5 |
77%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
13%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£694
average private rent a month, Pembrokeshire council area
£2,166
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Wooden
14pages on Wooden
The big questions
SafetyB22.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingC+Median home £260K · rent £694 a monthHousing21 sold in 12 months · busiest street Millfields CloseSchoolsHealthCWork & commuteC44% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Wooden’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
KilgettySaundersfootTenbyNarberthPembrokeWhitlandPembroke DockWooden
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden | 1,300 | — | — | C+ | B | C |
| Kilgetty | 1,247 | 1.3 | — | B− | B | C+ |
| Saundersfoot | 2,515 | 1.4 | D | C | C | C+ |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 3.1 | D | B− | D | C |
| Narberth | 2,365 | 5.8 | — | B+ | C | C+ |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 8.5 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 8.6 | — | B | C− | C+ |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 9.3 | D | A− | D− | D− |
Kilgetty, Narberth and Whitland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Wooden
Who lives in Wooden?
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 31% of residents were 65 or over and 28% were 45 to 64, against 21% and 26% across Wales’s towns; 14% were under 15.
Does Wooden flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
How much is council tax in Wooden?
Band D council tax in Wooden is £2,166 for 2026–27, less than in 83% of UK towns (the Pembrokeshire council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Wooden
Village in Dyfed, Wales
Wooden is a built-up area of 1,300 people, in the Pembrokeshire 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
- 1,300 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Pembrokeshire
- County
- Dyfed
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000398
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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