Penperlleni’s story
No listed buildings inside Penperlleni’s built-up area
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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PenperlleniGwent
A village of 1,396 in Gwent, Wales.
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Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,396
Census 2021 · Monmouthshire council
Median home
£325K
40 sales in 3 years
Median age
50.8
27% are 65+ · Gwent 20%
Degree level
39%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
4%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Penperlleni a good place to live?
Penperlleni 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−): 4% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £325,000 in the last three years, 6.5 times what households in the Monmouthshire council area earn in a year.
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 Penperlleni stand out
The 3 things Penperlleni does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
4% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
27% are 65 or over
Against 21% across Wales’s towns
Claimant rate, against UK towns
Work
1.4% claim jobless benefits
of 16 to 64s in 2026: fewer than in 88% of UK towns
DWP claimant count, January to August 2026.
How Penperlleni grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Penperlleni is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
WalkabilityD−Open →Hazard riskAOpen →Cost of livingC−Open →SafetyA−Open →HealthB+Open →Jobs & incomeMean household income £50,682B−Open →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History0 listed buildingsDOpen →Outdoors80% live within 400 m of a park; 17% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeC−Open →Civic life2.9 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC+Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penperlleni.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−
Long commutes are the norm in Penperlleni: just 9% travel under 5 km, below Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Penperlleni has 0.6 jobs. The car took 95% of commuters, higher than both Gwent’s towns (84%) and Wales’s towns (81%). Working from home was the norm for 34% of workers at the census. About 3% of its commuters stay in Penperlleni for work.
4%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving95%
On foot3%
9%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
34%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£51K
mean household income, before tax
1.4%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every UK town
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Penperlleni
It is listed below. The town’s primary school has 182 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goytre Fawr Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 182 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
History
No listed buildings in Penperlleni
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, below Gwent’s towns (26%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. Cadw’s list has no building inside Penperlleni’s built-up area.
0listed buildingsDHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
22%
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
HousingCost of living grade C−
Few households rent privately in Penperlleni: 8%, fewer than in Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
Households that own their home make up 79%. Social housing holds just over one in ten households, lower than both Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%). Private rents average £994 a month across the Monmouthshire council area.
£325Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Penperlleni£325K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £394,000 | 22 |
| Semi-detached | £299,975 | 10 |
| Terraced | £217,500 | 8 |
79%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
8%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£994
average private rent a month, Monmouthshire council area
£2,417
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Penperlleni than in Gwent’s towns or Wales’s towns: 13% are under 15
Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults, above Gwent’s towns (28%) and Wales’s towns (31%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. Typical age in Penperlleni: 50.8, the median. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.1% of residents.
50.8median age
PenperlleniGwentWales
Ages · share of residents
27%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level39%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Penperlleni | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 39% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Homes in Penperlleni see less burglary and damage than in Gwent’s towns or Wales’s towns: 5 per 1,000 a year
Reported offences in Penperlleni came to 36 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 1. Violent crime ran at 18.2 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Gwent’s towns (36.8) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Half of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
18.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 57% 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 & sexual18
Public order5
Other crime4
Damage & arson3
Burglary2
Shoplifting1
Other theft1
Drugs1
Anti-social1
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.
18.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
36
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.
Health
Bad health is less common in Penperlleni than in Gwent’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 4.9% of residents
The nearest A&E to Penperlleni is The Grange University Hospital, 6.5 miles away. Self-reported good health: four fifths of the town’s residents. There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 3.5 miles off. Life expectancy here is 85.3 for women and 82 for men (2019–23).
80%good or very good healthB+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 80%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Penperlleni | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 22% | 22% |
82
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
85.3
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 · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy.
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Llanover House and 2 more in and around Penperlleni
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Penperlleni. Best known first.
CastleLlanover House3.1 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionTank School2.2 km outside town, to the eastCastleCastleClytha Castle4.6 km outside town, to the northeastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Llanover House: Vouliagmeni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Penperlleni
14pages on Penperlleni
The big questions
SafetyA−18.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingC−Median home £325K · rent £994 a monthHousing13 sold in 12 months · busiest street Laurel DriveSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthB+Work & commuteB−50% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Penperlleni’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
AbersychanPontypoolUskBlaenavonLlanfoistRaglanAbergavennyPenperlleni
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penperlleni | 1,396 | — | — | C− | A− | B+ |
| Abersychan | 7,495 | 3.6 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Pontypool | 29,070 | 3.6 | D− | B− | D | D |
| Usk | 2,310 | 4.4 | — | C− | B+ | B |
| Blaenavon | 5,637 | 4.9 | D− | B | D− | D |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 5.5 | — | C− | C− | C+ |
| Raglan | 1,176 | 5.8 | — | C− | B | B |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 6.4 | D− | C− | D | C− |
Usk, Llanfoist and Raglan have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Penperlleni
Is Penperlleni safe?
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Does Penperlleni flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
About Penperlleni
Village in Gwent, Wales
Penperlleni is a built-up area of 1,396 people, in the Monmouthshire 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
- 1,396 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Monmouthshire
- County
- Gwent
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000410
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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