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Home to 3,553 people, this town lies in Mid Glamorgan, Wales.
Prices are high against local incomes: a typical home costs £255,000 and rent runs £896 a month. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 17% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, better than 37% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #4 of 32 in Mid Glamorgan. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B− for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Natural Resources Wales.
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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Taff's Well is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 2 things Taff's Well does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists 16 buildings inside Taff's Well’s built-up area.
27% 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 →16 listed buildings in Taff's Well.
Former Salem Chapel: Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Well House: Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Alfred's Terrace: Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Telephone Call-box: Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taff's Well.
74% of households own their home, above Mid Glamorgan’s towns (68%) and Wales’s towns (65%) alike. From September 2023 to August 2026, 137 homes sold inside Taff's Well’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £255,000. That is the middle of 137 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area over three years, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £411,000 | 23 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 43 |
| Terraced | £235,000 | 67 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Below is one of them, and why it was picked. Taff's Well’s two primaries have 394 pupils between them. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gynradd Gwaelod-Y-GarthLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 237 | – |
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%. 16% are under 15, below both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Ages in Taff's Well split evenly at 44.7: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Taff's Well | Mid Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 24% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Mid Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Nearly a fifth of residents have a disability, below both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Asked at the census, just over four in five residents of Taff's Well said they were in good or very good health. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Taff's Well | Mid Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.6% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 23% | 22% |
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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 24% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 38% of workers worked mainly from home, higher than both Mid Glamorgan’s towns (21%) and Wales’s towns (24%). In 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. Work in town: 6% of resident commuters.
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.
Homes from before 1919 make up 27% of the total, below Mid Glamorgan’s towns (47%) and close to Wales’s towns (27%). Only one town in Mid Glamorgan has more listed buildings for its size than Taff's Well. Cadw’s list names 16 listed buildings here, every one Grade II.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Homes saw 8.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, below Mid Glamorgan’s towns (10.4) and Wales’s towns (10.7) alike. 254 crimes and 15 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Taff's Well’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences made up just over a quarter of the total.
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.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Taff's Well. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCastell Coch200 m outside town, to the southeast
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral4.9 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleMorgraig Castle3 km outside town, to the east
Museumnantgarw China Works Museum700 m outside town, to the northWildlife parkWildlife parkThe Meadows Wildlife Park2.2 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Taff's Well.
Town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Taff's Well is a built-up area of 3,553 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taff's Well | 3,553 | — | C+ | D | B | C |
| Tongwynlais | 1,846 | 1.3 | — | C | C− | C+ |
| Pentyrch | 2,374 | 1.7 | — | D | A− | A− |
| Church Village | 14,162 | 2.6 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Caerphilly | 33,104 | 2.8 | D | B− | D | D |
| Creigiau | 2,304 | 3 | — | C− | A+ | A |
| Beddau | 7,356 | 3.7 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 5,639 | 3.8 | D | A | D | D− |
Tongwynlais, Pentyrch and Creigiau have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
16 on Cadw’s list. That is 1.8 times the typical UK town for its size.
Band D council tax in Taff's Well is £2,197 for 2026–27, less than in 82% 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.
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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