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This town in Gwent, Wales has a population of 5,639.
Health is its weak spot: 8.7% in bad or very bad health, 23.1% disabled. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: homes sell for a median £150,000, about 3.5 times local household income. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #19 of 38 in Gwent. It comes out better than 14% of UK towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D−) — households earn a mean £38,551 a year, and 4.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Safety is weaker too: 45.1 violent and sexual offences and 18 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 8%.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
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 Abertridwr and Senghenydd 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 Abertridwr and Senghenydd is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cadw lists 1 building inside Abertridwr and Senghenydd’s built-up area.
61% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Abertridwr and Senghenydd. Best known first.
CastleLlancaiach-fawr5 km outside town, to the north
Museumnantgarw China Works Museum3.4 km outside town, to the south
MuseumPontypridd Museum3.8 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumUniversity of South Wales Art Collection Museum3 km outside town, to the westWildlife parkWildlife parkThe Meadows Wildlife Park2.2 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abertridwr and Senghenydd.
The nearest A&E to Abertridwr and Senghenydd is The Royal Glamorgan Hospital, 6.4 miles away. One GP practice serves the town. Self-reported good health: 76% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2021 | Abertridwr and Senghenydd | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 22% | 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.
Below is one of them, and why it was picked. Some 422 pupils attend Abertridwr and Senghenydd’s three primaries. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nant Y Parc Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | – |
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 390 recorded crimes inside Abertridwr and Senghenydd’s built-up area, and 84 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has more crime per resident than 92% of them. Violence and sexual offences were just over half of the crimes.
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.
Private rents average £747 a month across the Caerphilly council area. Half of the 211 standard sales inside Abertridwr and Senghenydd’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £150,000. The owner-occupied share of households is 62%.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 6 |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | 51 |
| Terraced | £143,250 | 148 |
| Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | 6 |
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.
None of the 1 listed building reaches Grade II* or Grade I; all are Grade II. The register of parks and gardens lists one in Abertridwr and Senghenydd.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.2 jobs in Abertridwr and Senghenydd for each resident in work. Work in town: 6% of resident commuters. Home was the main workplace for a fifth of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
16% of residents have reached 65. Residents of Abertridwr and Senghenydd have a median age of 37.6. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
5 notable people were born in Abertridwr and Senghenydd.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 5,639 | — | D | A | D | D− |
| Llanbradach | 3,766 | 1.9 | C | A− | C− | D |
| Caerphilly | 33,104 | 2.4 | D | B− | D | D |
| Pontypridd | 31,895 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | D | D |
| Bedwas | 6,463 | 3.2 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Church Village | 14,162 | 3.4 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Maesycwmmer | 2,095 | 3.5 | — | A− | C | D |
| Nelson | 4,235 | 3.5 | C | B+ | C | D |
Maesycwmmer has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets 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 £150,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £102,500, terraced houses £143,250, semi-detached houses £180,000 and detached houses £360,000.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Abertridwr and Senghenydd is a built-up area of 5,639 people, in the Caerphilly 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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