Creigiau’s story
2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw lists them inside Creigiau’s built-up area.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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CreigiauSouth Glamorgan
A village in South Glamorgan, Wales, home to 2,304 people.
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Castell-y-mynach · Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project · CC BY 2.0
Population
2,304
Census 2021 · Cardiff council
Median home
£365K
73 sales in 3 years
Median age
49.7
27% are 65+ · South Glamorgan 16%
Degree level
52%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
9%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Creigiau a good place to live?
Where it does best is safety — police record 8.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 5.4 home and vehicle crimes. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the median home sold for £365,000, 7.2 years of area income. Most journeys need a car: 9% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Natural Resources Wales. Creigiau has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
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.
What makes Creigiau stand out
The 3 things Creigiau does most differently from other towns.
90%of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Safety
of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Per resident, police.uk, 3 years.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
9% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Wales’s towns 31%)
South Glamorgan 39%.
How Creigiau grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Creigiau is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
SafetyNear the top of the towns comparedA+Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesAOpen →Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesC−Open →WalkabilityIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedC−Open →Jobs & income3.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsBOpen →Hazard risk0.1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaBOpen →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History2 listed buildingsDOpen →Outdoors85% live within 400 m of a park; 1.7 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsC−Open →Civic life3 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryB−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Castell Coch and 47 more in and around Creigiau
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Creigiau. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCastell Coch4.7 km outside town, to the east
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre4.3 km outside town, to the southeast · 610K visitors a year
Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle4.6 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleLlantrisant Castle3.4 km outside town, to the northwest
CastleHensol Castle3.5 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumThe Royal Mint Experience4.9 km outside town, to the northwestPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llantrisant Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hensol Castle: TedColes at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Creigiau.
Who lives here
Creigiau is a graduates’ town: 52% hold a degree, more than in both South Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
27% of residents are 65 or over, above South Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (21%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Typical age in Creigiau: 49.7, the median.
49.7median age
CreigiauSouth GlamorganWales
Ages · share of residents
27%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications9%
Apprenticeship4%
A levels or similar14%
Degree level52%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Creigiau | South Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 16% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 27% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 16% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 8.7% | 16% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8% | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 52% | 39% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Creigiau
It appears below. The town’s primary school has 364 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creigiau Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 364 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Safety
Crime per resident in Creigiau is lower than in 95% of UK towns
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 59 offences in Creigiau and 5 cases of nuisance behaviour. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Creigiau has less crime per resident than 90% of them. There were 2.5 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both South Glamorgan’s towns (7.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Of all the crimes, 46% were violence and sexual offences.
8.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 90% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual27
Public order11
Vehicle crime6
Damage & arson4
Shoplifting3
Burglary3
Other theft2
Other crime2
Anti-social5
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.
8.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
2.5
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
59
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
History
Creigiau’s listed buildings include Castell-y-mynach, Grade II*
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cadw’s list names 2 listed buildings in Creigiau: 1 Grade II*. 7% of its homes were built before 1919, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (27%).
2listed buildingsDHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*1
Grade II1
Among them · Grade II*
- Castell-y-mynach Grade II*
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
7%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
9
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Health
Bad health is less common in Creigiau than in South Glamorgan’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 3.2% of residents
Asked at the census, 87% of residents of Creigiau said they were in good or very good health. 14% of residents have a disability, below South Glamorgan’s towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (22%) alike. Seeing a GP means leaving Creigiau: the nearest practice is 2.7 miles away.
87%good or very good healthAHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 87%Fair 10%Bad or very bad 3%
| Census 2021 | Creigiau | South Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 6% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 19% | 22% |
81.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
84.7
life expectancy at birth, women
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 · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy among them, do allow for age.
HousingCost of living grade C−
Few households rent privately in Creigiau: 9%, fewer than in both South Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
Households that own their home make up 89%. Social housing holds 2% of households, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (18%). Private rents average £1,177 a month across the Cardiff council area.
£365Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Creigiau£365K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £423,000 | 38 |
| Semi-detached | £366,250 | 20 |
| Terraced | £216,500 | 14 |
89%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
9%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£1,177
average private rent a month, Cardiff council area
£2,013
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B
Work tends to be further away for Creigiau: 11% commute under 5 km, below South Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households had £65K a year before tax, above both South Glamorgan’s towns (£54K) and Wales’s towns (£44K). Driving is how nearly nine in ten commuters got to work at the census. About 4% of its commuters stay in Creigiau for work. 36% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census.
9%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving89%
On foot5%
Train2%
Bus1%
Bicycle1%
11%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
36%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£65K
mean household income, before tax
3.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C−
Walkability: more walkable than 18% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Creigiau
15pages on Creigiau
The big questions
SafetyA+8.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingC−Median home £365K · rent £1,177 a monthHousing22 sold in 12 months · busiest street Parc Y CoedSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthAWork & commuteB47% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Creigiau’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
PentyrchLlantrisantPontyclunBeddauTalbot GreenChurch VillageTaff's WellCreigiau
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creigiau | 2,304 | — | — | C− | A+ | A |
| Pentyrch | 2,374 | 1.3 | — | D | A− | A− |
| Llantrisant | 4,196 | 2.4 | C− | C+ | D | C |
| Pontyclun | 5,801 | 2.5 | B | C− | B+ | B− |
| Beddau | 7,356 | 2.6 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Talbot Green | 3,291 | 2.8 | D | C | D | C |
| Church Village | 14,162 | 2.9 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Taff's Well | 3,553 | 3 | C+ | D | B | C |
Pentyrch has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Creigiau
Is Creigiau expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £365,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £216,500, semi-detached houses £366,250 and detached houses £423,000.
About Creigiau
Village in South Glamorgan, Wales
Creigiau is a built-up area of 2,304 people, in the Cardiff 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
- 2,304 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Cardiff
- County
- South Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000588
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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