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A village of 753 in Powys, Wales.
Clyro has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real.
The 3 things Clyro does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists them inside Clyro’s built-up area.
44% 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 Clyro.
Children are 13% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% of the town, below both Powys’ towns (9.5%) and Wales’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Clyro by age and the one in the middle is 56.2. Graduates make up 41% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Clyro | Powys | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.5% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 27% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Powys and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
It is shown below. The town’s primary school has 71 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyro C.I.W. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 71 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Powys’ towns (21%) and Wales’s towns (16%). Clyro counts 0.3 jobs per working resident. Of the commuters living in the town, 4% work in the town itself. Home was the main workplace for 40% of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
8% of households live in social housing. Owners make up just over three quarters of households, above Powys’ towns (61%) and Wales’s towns (65%) alike. Private rents average £621 a month across the Powys council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £385,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Property crime (burglary and damage) runs at 5 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 10 crimes inside Clyro’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 0.5 reports per 1,000, below both Powys’ towns (8.7) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Of all the crimes, 20% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
Seeing a GP means leaving Clyro: the nearest practice is 6.9 miles away. 4.5% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below Powys’ towns (6.5%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%) alike. Asked at the census, 81% of residents of Clyro said they were in good or very good health. The nearest A&E to Clyro is The County Hospital, 19.1 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Clyro | Powys | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Listed buildings per head: 252 for every 10,000 residents of Clyro. 44% of its homes were built before 1919, above Powys’ towns (33%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. This Powys town has 19 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 4 Grade II*.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Clyro. Best known first.
CastleHay Castle1.8 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleClifford Castle3.2 km outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleLlowes Castle Tump3.3 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyro | 753 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 1.5 | — | C | B− | B− |
| Talgarth | 1,252 | 7.2 | — | B | C+ | B− |
| Kington | 2,423 | 9.7 | — | B+ | C | C+ |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 12 | C | B− | C− | C+ |
Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth and Kington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
19 on Cadw’s list, 4 of them Grade II*. That is 10.4 times the typical UK town for its size.
Band D council tax in Clyro is £2,352 for 2026–27, less than in 66% of UK towns (the Powys council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Village in Powys, Wales
Clyro is a built-up area of 753 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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