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Population 7,356: a town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales.
Health is a weak point: 7.6% of residents report bad or very bad health, and 21.6% are disabled. Most journeys need a car: nearly one in ten commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Its strongest is cost of living: the median home sold for £185,000, 4.3 years of area income. The overall grade comes out at C−, better than 23% of UK towns. That places it #7 of 32 in Mid Glamorgan.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · commuting, Census 2021.
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 2 things Beddau 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 Beddau is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 4 buildings inside Beddau’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*.
6% 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 Beddau.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
6% of homes date from before 1919. Beddau has 5 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (9) and Wales’s towns (18).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Between them, three primaries and one secondary teach 2,214 pupils in Beddau. Three of them are shown below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwaunmeisgyn Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 361 | – |
| Bryncelynnog Comprehensive SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,348 | – |
| Ysgol G.G. CastellauLargest Welsh-medium schoolPrimary | Primary | 233 | – |
Beddau has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.7 miles away. A disability affects just over a fifth of people locally. 78% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than Mid Glamorgan’s towns (77%) and near Wales’s towns (78%).
| Census 2021 | Beddau | Mid Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.3% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (3.2%) and Wales’s towns (3%). Nine in ten commuters took the car to work at the census. Average household income comes to £45K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Of all the crimes, 50% were violence and sexual offences. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 460 offences in Beddau and 74 cases of nuisance behaviour. Homes see 8.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.
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.
72% of households own their home, above both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (68%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private rents average £754 a month across the Rhondda Cynon Taf council area. Half of the 260 standard sales inside Beddau’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £185,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £337,500 | 28 |
| Semi-detached | £189,000 | 143 |
| Terraced | £169,000 | 87 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Children are 18% of the town. Residents of Beddau have a median age of 40. 18% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Beddau | Mid Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 24% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Mid Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Beddau. Best known first.
CastleLlantrisant Castle1 km outside town, to the southwest
Museumnantgarw China Works Museum4.9 km outside town, to the east
MuseumPontypridd Museum4.3 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumThe Royal Mint Experience1.6 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumUniversity of South Wales Art Collection Museum2.8 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionOld Bridge4.3 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 listed buildings in Beddau.
Cwm Coke Works Southern Cooling Tower: Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ysgol Gyfun Bryn Celynnog: Photo: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Beddau.
Angela Hui: The British Library, CC BY 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beddau | 7,356 | — | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Llantrisant | 4,196 | 1.5 | C− | C+ | D | C |
| Church Village | 14,162 | 1.5 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Talbot Green | 3,291 | 2.1 | D | C | D | C |
| Pontyclun | 5,801 | 2.5 | B | C− | B+ | B− |
| Creigiau | 2,304 | 2.6 | — | C− | A+ | A |
| Pentyrch | 2,374 | 2.9 | — | D | A− | A− |
| Pontypridd | 31,895 | 3.2 | C− | B+ | D | D |
Creigiau and Pentyrch have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £185,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £169,000, semi-detached houses £189,000 and detached houses £337,500.
About the middle for its size: 66% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Burglary was rare, with 5 reports in the year.
Band D council tax in Beddau is £2,289 for 2026–27, less than in 77% of UK towns (the Rhondda Cynon Taf council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Beddau is a built-up area of 7,356 people, in the Rhondda Cynon Taf 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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