Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 14,075 in Mid Glamorgan, Wales.
Pyle grades D overall against UK towns: better than 10% of UK towns, and #24 of 32 in Mid Glamorgan. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £183,500, 4.1 years of area income; rent £763 a month. Its weakest is health (D): 8.4% in bad or very bad health, 24% 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 2 things Pyle 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 Pyle is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cadw lists 18 buildings inside Pyle’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
14% 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 1804.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pyle.
2 GP practices serve the town. The nearest A&E to Pyle is Princess of Wales Hospital, 5.4 miles away. At the census, just over three quarters of people in Pyle called their health good or very good, about level with Mid Glamorgan’s towns (77%) and below Wales’s towns (78%).
| Census 2021 | Pyle | Mid Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.4% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
Some 1,943 pupils attend Pyle’s five primaries and one secondary. Three of them are shown below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mynydd Cynffig Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 428 | – |
| Cynffig Comprehensive SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 777 | – |
| Ysgol Y Ferch O'r SgerLargest Welsh-medium schoolPrimary | Primary | 146 | – |
Violence and sexual offences were 52% of the crimes. Violent crime ran at 40.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (36.1) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Police figures for Pyle’s built-up area: 1,006 crimes and 132 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026.
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.
Private renters make up 14% of households, below both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Home ownership stands at 61% of households. The median sale, £183,500, comes from 458 standard sales inside Pyle’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £279,225 | 92 |
| Semi-detached | £185,000 | 211 |
| Terraced | £155,000 | 138 |
| Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
At the top of the list, 1 are Grade I and 4 Grade II*. Pyle’s listed buildings include the Church of St James, Pyle with Kenfig, Grade I. 2 scheduled monuments lie here.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.6. 27% of commuters travelled under 5 km, lower than both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (35%) and Wales’s towns (41%). Households take home £40K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
19% are under 15, above both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Pyle | Mid Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 24% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 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 Pyle. Best known first.
CastleKenfig Castle800 m outside town, to the west
CastleMargam Castle3.8 km outside town, to the northwest
Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey4 km outside town, to the northwest
Museum · CadwMargam Stones Museum4.1 km outside town, to the northwest
Theme parkConey Beach Funfair4.1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumPorthcawl Museum4.3 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
18 listed buildings in Pyle, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St James, Pyle with Kenfig: Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Hall Farm: Photo: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridge near Llanmihangel Mill: Photo: eswales · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Talbot Institute: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Pyle.
Garnon Davies: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Brian Bluck: Ebluck, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyle | 14,075 | — | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Coedhirwaun | 1,270 | 1.5 | — | D | A+ | C+ |
| Cefn Cribwr | 1,379 | 2 | — | B | B+ | D |
| Porthcawl | 15,797 | 2.9 | D | C− | C | C |
| Pen-y-fai | 2,301 | 4.5 | — | C | A | C+ |
| Pont Rhyd-y-cyff | 1,481 | 4.9 | — | B+ | B | D |
| Sarn | 11,867 | 4.9 | D | B | C | D |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 1,356 | 5.2 | — | D | A | A |
Coedhirwaun, Cefn Cribwr, Pen-y-fai, Pont Rhyd-y-cyff and Ogmore-by-Sea have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 64% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−. Burglary was rare, with 21 reports in the year.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £183,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £105,000, terraced houses £155,000, semi-detached houses £185,000 and detached houses £279,225.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Pyle is a built-up area of 14,075 people, in the Bridgend 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.