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Some 4,548 people live in this town, in Gwent, Wales.
A tough set of grades. Health is its weak spot (D−) — 9.7% in bad or very bad health, 24.2% disabled. With a D− overall, Nantyglo is behind almost every UK town and ranks #36 of 38 in Gwent. It lags on jobs & income as well — mean household income £37,411; 4.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £158,250, 4.2 times what households in the Blaenau Gwent council area earn in a year. Floods and other hazards weigh less here (A). Police record more crime here than in most towns: 47.3 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 23.5 home and vehicle crimes. Against UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 94%.
Figures: flood risk, Natural Resources Wales · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · 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 Nantyglo 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 Nantyglo is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Nantyglo’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
21% 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 Nantyglo.
At the census, 74% of people in Nantyglo called their health good or very good, lower than both Gwent’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%). Disability touches 24% of the town’s population. There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 0.8 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Nantyglo | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy among them, do allow for age.
Nantyglo’s two primaries have 507 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 Gymraeg Bro HelygLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 341 | – |
43% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 457 crimes and 160 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Nantyglo’s built-up area. There were 29.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Gwent’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4).
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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 13% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8% of commuters at the census. Working mainly from home: 13% of workers, below Gwent’s towns (24%) and Wales’s towns (24%) alike. Just over a third of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. About 7% of its commuters stay in Nantyglo for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cadw’s list names 3 listed buildings in Nantyglo: 2 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, below Gwent’s towns (26%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 55% of households. Private renters make up 11% of households, below both Gwent’s towns (14%) and Wales’s towns (17%). The £158,250 median rests on 94 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £283,750 | 26 |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 21 |
| Terraced | £127,000 | 46 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Typical age in Nantyglo: 42.3, the median. Children under 15 make up 18%, near Gwent’s towns (18%) and higher than Wales’s towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Nantyglo | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Nantyglo. Best known first.
MuseumBrynmawr and District Museum300 m outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumEbbw Vale Works Museum1.8 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumBig Pit: National Coal Museum3.7 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionRhymney Brewery & Visitors Centre3.9 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumTredegar Medical Aid Society Heritage Centre4.6 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £158,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £127,000, semi-detached houses £165,000 and detached houses £283,750.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Nantyglo is a built-up area of 4,548 people, in the Blaenau Gwent 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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