Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,740 residents and lies in South Glamorgan, Wales.
Boverton’s weakest subject is jobs & income: households earn a mean £48,036 a year, and 2.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The town grades B− overall, better than 48% of UK towns, and ranks #5 of 9 in South Glamorgan. Crime is low: 21.8 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 6.2 home and vehicle crimes. The median home sold for £274,500, 5.5 times what households in the Vale of Glamorgan council area earn in a year. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · commuting, Census 2021 · 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 Boverton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 12 buildings inside Boverton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →12 listed buildings in Boverton.
Cherry Tree Cottage: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · The Causeway: Photo: Mick Lobb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boverton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
2% of homes date from before 1919. Boverton counts 12 listed buildings on the national list (Cadw): 1 Grade II*. It has one scheduled monument.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. 16% are under 15, below South Glamorgan’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Boverton: 47.8, the median. Graduates make up 29% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Boverton | South Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 16% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 16% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 16% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 39% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 158 recorded crimes inside Boverton’s built-up area, and 21 reports of anti-social behaviour. Of all the crimes, 56% were violence and sexual offences. For its size, Boverton records less crime per resident than 66% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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.
Owners make up 73% of households, above South Glamorgan’s towns (61%) and Wales’s towns (65%) alike. Private rents average £982 a month across the Vale of Glamorgan council area. From September 2023 to August 2026, 72 homes sold inside Boverton’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £274,500.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £341,250 | 24 |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | 29 |
| Terraced | £187,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Boverton is Princess of Wales Hospital, 8.7 miles away. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.7 miles away. A disability affects just over a fifth of people in the town.
| Census 2021 | Boverton | South Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.4% | 6% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 19% | 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 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 14% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (26%) and Wales’s towns (16%). 2% of commuters who live in Boverton also work there. For every resident in work, Boverton has 0.1 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Boverton. Best known first.
CastleBoverton Castlein town
CastleSt Donats Castle4 km outside town, to the west
Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle4 km outside town, to the northeast
Castle · CadwSt Quintin's Castle4.9 km outside town, to the north
CastleEast Orchard Castle4.2 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumSouth Wales Aviation Museum2 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in South Glamorgan, Wales
Boverton is a built-up area of 2,740 people, in the Vale of Glamorgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boverton | 2,740 | — | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Llantwit Major | 5,348 | 0.6 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Eglwys-Brewis | 3,300 | 1.7 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| St Athan | 1,594 | 2.3 | — | C | C+ | C+ |
| Cowbridge | 3,649 | 3.7 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Rhoose | 6,776 | 5.4 | C+ | C | B | B− |
| Llanharry | 3,747 | 7.4 | C+ | C+ | B | C+ |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 1,356 | 7.9 | — | D | A | A |
St Athan 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.
Band D council tax in Boverton is £2,232 for 2026–27, less than in 81% of UK towns (the Vale of Glamorgan council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About the middle for its size: 34% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades B.
At the 2021 Census, 10% of Boverton’s 2,740 residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
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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