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Home to 3,102 people, this town lies in Gwent, Wales.
Residents’ health trails most towns: 7.7% of residents report bad or very bad health, and 24.4% are disabled. Incomes are on the low side: households earn a mean £39,117 a year, and 3.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Where it does best is cost of living (A−) — a typical home costs £180,000 and rent runs £747 a month. The overall grade lands at C−, better than nearly a fifth of UK towns. That places it #11 of 38 in Gwent.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Fleur-de-lis and Pengam is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Fleur-de-lis and Pengam does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists 1 building inside Fleur-de-lis and Pengam’s built-up area.
41% 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 Fleur-de-lis and Pengam.
At the census, 24% of people here had a disability, above both Gwent’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). The nearest A&E to Fleur-de-lis and Pengam is The Grange University Hospital, 9.7 miles away. Self-reported good health: three quarters of the town’s residents. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Fleur-de-lis and Pengam | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy.
Fleur-de-lis and Pengam’s three primaries and one secondary have 2,287 pupils between them. Two of them are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gymraeg TrelynLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 208 | – |
| Ysgol Gyfun Cwm RhymniLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,785 | – |
15% of households rent from a council or housing body. The median sale, £180,000, comes from 85 standard sales inside Fleur-de-lis and Pengam’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Owners make up 68% of households, above both Gwent’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £362,000 | 21 |
| Semi-detached | £218,500 | 30 |
| Terraced | £148,500 | 33 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences were two fifths of the crimes. Per 1,000 residents, 16.9 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. Police figures for Fleur-de-lis and Pengam’s built-up area: 217 crimes and 42 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Fleur-de-lis and Pengam records more crime per resident than 78% 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Scaled to its population, Fleur-de-lis and Pengam has 3 listed buildings per 10,000 people, below Gwent’s towns (11) and Wales’s towns (18) alike.
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.
About 8% of its commuters stay in Fleur-de-lis and Pengam for work. 87% of commuters drove, above Gwent’s towns (84%) and Wales’s towns (81%) alike. For every resident in work, Fleur-de-lis and Pengam has 0.7 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The age that splits Fleur-de-lis and Pengam in two is 44.4. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below both Gwent’s towns (28%) and Wales’s towns (31%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Fleur-de-lis and Pengam | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Gwent, Wales
Fleur-de-lis and Pengam is a built-up area of 3,102 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleur-de-lis and Pengam | 3,102 | — | C− | A− | C | D |
| Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant | 1,411 | 0.5 | — | A− | C− | D |
| Blackwood | 12,621 | 0.8 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Pen-pedair-heol | 3,787 | 1 | C+ | B+ | B+ | D |
| Ystrad Mynach | 11,856 | 1.2 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Pontllanfraith | 9,363 | 1.4 | C− | B+ | C | D |
| Maesycwmmer | 2,095 | 1.5 | — | A− | C | D |
| Gelligaer | 1,436 | 1.6 | — | A | D− | D− |
Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant, Maesycwmmer and Gelligaer 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 £180,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £148,500, semi-detached houses £218,500 and detached houses £362,000.
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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