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A town of 3,766 in Gwent, Wales.
Llanbradach grades C overall against UK towns: better than 28% of UK towns, and #7 of 38 in Gwent. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £173,500, 4.1 years of area income; rent £747 a month. Its weakest is health (D): 8.8% in bad or very bad health, 25% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade).
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 Llanbradach 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 Llanbradach is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cadw lists 10 buildings inside Llanbradach’s built-up area.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1905.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Llanbradach. Best known first.
Museumnantgarw China Works Museum4.9 km outside town, to the southwestWildlife parkWildlife parkThe Meadows Wildlife Park3.3 km outside town, to the southwestZooZooColliers Adventure Farm3.9 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Llanbradach.
At the census, 25% of people here had a disability, higher than both Gwent’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). 74% of people in Llanbradach rate their own health good or very good. The nearest A&E to Llanbradach is University Hospital of Wales, 7.2 miles away. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Llanbradach | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.8% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 22% | 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.
It is listed below. Its one primary school teaches 210 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coed-Y-Brain Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | – |
16% live in social housing, below both Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 68%. The median sale, £173,500, comes from 142 standard sales inside Llanbradach’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 5 |
| Semi-detached | £200,000 | 45 |
| Terraced | £164,000 | 89 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
For its size, Llanbradach records more crime per resident than 78% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Homes saw 14.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, between Gwent’s towns (16.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). This Gwent town logged 273 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 46 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences were 45% 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II covers all 10 listed buildings that Cadw records here. Of Llanbradach’s land, 2% lies in conservation areas, above both Gwent’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 36% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in Llanbradach, 3% work in the town itself. Also worth knowing: at the census, 14% of commuters got to work without a car.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Typical age in Llanbradach: 44.1, the median. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (21%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Llanbradach | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
3 notable people were born in Llanbradach.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanbradach | 3,766 | — | C | A− | C− | D |
| Bedwas | 6,463 | 1.7 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 5,639 | 1.9 | D | A | D | D− |
| Caerphilly | 33,104 | 2.1 | D | B− | D | D |
| Cwmfelinfach | 1,353 | 2.2 | — | A | C | D |
| Maesycwmmer | 2,095 | 2.4 | — | A− | C | D |
| Trethomas | 1,713 | 2.8 | — | B− | D− | D |
| Ystrad Mynach | 11,856 | 2.9 | C− | A− | D | D |
Cwmfelinfach, Maesycwmmer and Trethomas have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
10 on Cadw’s list.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £173,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £164,000, semi-detached houses £200,000 and detached houses £325,000.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Llanbradach is a built-up area of 3,766 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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