Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 570 in Powys, Wales.
Caersws has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real.
The 3 things Caersws does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists them inside Caersws’ built-up area, along with 4 scheduled monuments.
38% 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 Caersws.
Caersws sits below both Powys’ towns (30%) and Wales’s towns (31%) on this measure. Over-65s are 25% of the population. The median resident of Caersws is 48.2 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Caersws | Powys | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.5% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 19% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Powys and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caersws C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 84 | – |
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.
That puts Caersws below both Powys’ towns (44%) and Wales’s towns (41%). 10% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
On this, Caersws is above both Powys’ towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%). 15% of households rent privately.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £161,500 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police recorded 34 crimes inside Caersws’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 7 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 59% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
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
Caersws has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 4.6 miles away. 5.4% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Powys’ towns (6.5%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Caersws | Powys | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Caersws has 5 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 38% of its homes were built before 1919.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caersws | 570 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 4.4 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Llanidloes | 2,197 | 6.9 | — | A | C− | B− |
Llanidloes has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
5 on Cadw’s list. That is 3.6 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 4 scheduled monuments.
At the 2021 Census, 9.7% of Caersws’ 570 residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
Private rents in the Powys council area averaged £621 a month in August 2026.
Village in Powys, Wales
Caersws is a built-up area of 570 people, in the Powys 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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