Three Cocks’s story
8 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Cadw lists them inside Three Cocks’ built-up area.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Three CocksPowys
A village of 310 in Powys, Wales.
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Photo: Andrew Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
310
Census 2021 · Powys council
Median age
44
20% are 65+ · Powys 27%
Degree level
22%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
13%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Three Cocks a good place to live?
Three Cocks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real.
What makes Three Cocks stand out
The 2 things Three Cocks does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Three Cocks.
Work & commute
Only 13% of commuters in Three Cocks go to work without a car, fewer than in Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Three Cocks below both Powys’ towns (21%) and Wales’s towns (16%). 86% of commuters drove to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving86%
On foot13%
40%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
23%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£42K
mean household income, before tax
2.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Housing
More households in Three Cocks live in social housing than in Powys’ towns or Wales’s towns: 37%
On this, Three Cocks is above both Powys’ towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%). Private renters make up 8% of households.
£0Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Three Cocks£0K
Typical UK town£277K
53%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
8%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£621
average private rent a month, Powys council area
£2,352
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Three Cocks records more violent crime per resident than Powys’ towns or Wales’s towns, at 66.5 per 1,000 a year
In the comparison, Three Cocks comes above both Powys’ towns (38.9) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Police recorded 22 crimes inside Three Cocks’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 4 reports of anti-social behaviour. Homes see 13.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.
66.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual8
Damage & arson5
Public order4
Other theft4
Drugs1
Shoplifting0
Burglary0
Vehicle crime0
Anti-social4
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.
66.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
13.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
12.1
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
22
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Health
Disability is more common in Three Cocks than in Powys’ towns or across Wales’s towns: 30% of residents
For Three Cocks, that is above both Powys’ towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Three Cocks has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.2 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
73%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 73%Fair 20%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Three Cocks | Powys | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.4% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 30% | 22% | 22% |
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use 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’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL
History
8 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Three Cocks has 8 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
8listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*2
Grade II6
Among them · Grade II*
- Gwernyfed High School Grade II*
- Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School Grade II*
0
scheduled monuments
1
registered park and garden
37%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
258
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Three Cocks, above Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
Three Cocks sits above both Powys’ towns (15%) and Wales’s towns (17%) on this measure. 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half the people of Three Cocks are older than 44.
44median age
Three CocksPowysWales
Ages · share of residents
20%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications17%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar22%
Degree level22%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Three Cocks | Powys | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.5% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 22% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Powys and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Bronllys Castle and 3 more in and around Three Cocks
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Three Cocks. Best known first.
Castle · CadwBronllys Castle2.8 km outside town, to the southwestCastleCastleLlowes Castle Tump3.2 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionTregoyd Mountain Riders1.8 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumTalgarth Mill3.3 km outside town, to the southPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Bronllys Castle: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Three Cocks
12pages on Three Cocks
The big questions
Three Cocks’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
TalgarthHay-on-WyeBreconLlangynidrBuilth WellsCrickhowellThree Cocks
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Cocks | 310 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Talgarth | 1,252 | 2.4 | — | B | C+ | B− |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 4.8 | — | C | B− | B− |
| Brecon | 8,257 | 9.3 | C | B− | D | C+ |
| Llangynidr | 1,038 | 11 | — | C− | A− | A− |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 12 | C | B− | C− | C+ |
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | 12 | — | C | B | B+ |
Talgarth, Hay-on-Wye, Llangynidr and Crickhowell have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Three Cocks
How many listed buildings are there in Three Cocks?
8 on Cadw’s list, 2 of them Grade II*. That is 10.6 times the typical UK town for its size.
How much is council tax in Three Cocks?
Band D council tax in Three Cocks 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.
Who lives in Three Cocks?
Fewer households own their home than across Wales’s towns: 53%, against 65%.
About Three Cocks
Village in Powys, Wales
Three Cocks is a built-up area of 310 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
- Population
- 310 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Powys
- County
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000280
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.