Pentyrch’s story
5 listed buildings
Cadw lists them inside Pentyrch’s built-up area.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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PentyrchSouth Glamorgan
A Band D home pays £2,013 in council tax. This village in South Glamorgan, Wales has a population of 2,374.
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Photo: Mick Lobb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
2,374
Census 2021 · Cardiff council
Median home
£405K
61 sales in 3 years
Median age
49
28% are 65+ · South Glamorgan 16%
Degree level
54%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
12%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Pentyrch a good place to live?
Pentyrch is a safe place by the numbers: 15.9 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 5.8 home and vehicle crimes. Add jobs & income to its strengths: mean household income £65,464; 1.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Homes are dear: homes sell for a median £405,000, about 8 times local household income. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): on the way to work, 12% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021. Pentyrch is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get 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 Pentyrch stand out
The 3 things Pentyrch does most differently from other towns.
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Wales’s towns 31%)
South Glamorgan 39%.
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
1.5 times the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
Band D council tax
Council tax
£2,013 Band D
19% below the typical UK town’s £2,472, 2026–27
The Cardiff council average. Welsh Government.
How Pentyrch grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Pentyrch is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Pentyrch is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
Cost of livingRent £1,177 a monthDOpen →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workA−Open →SafetyLess crime than in most townsA−Open →HealthBetter than most of the towns comparedA−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesC+Open →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.
HistoryLittle recorded history by comparisonC−Open →Outdoors50% live within 400 m of a park; 2.6 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsC+Open →Civic life1.7 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Castell Coch and 46 more in and around Pentyrch
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Pentyrch. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCastell Coch2.5 km outside town, to the east
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre4.3 km outside town, to the south · 610K visitors a year
Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle4.5 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleLlantrisant Castle4.9 km outside town, to the west
Museumnantgarw China Works Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumPrefab4.1 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 (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
- nantgarw China Works Museum: J74656, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pentyrch.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Pentyrch than in South Glamorgan’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 54% of adults
At 49, the median resident of Pentyrch sits in the middle of the age range. 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (12%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents.
49median age
PentyrchSouth GlamorganWales
Ages · share of residents
28%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications10%
Apprenticeship4%
A levels or similar13%
Degree level54%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Pentyrch | South Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 16% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 16% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 16% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8% | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 54% | 39% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Schools
2 state schools in Pentyrch
One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed. 177 pupils attend Pentyrch’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentyrch Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 177 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.See all 2 schools →
HousingCost of living grade D
Few households rent privately in Pentyrch: 7%, fewer than in South Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
Social housing holds 9% of households, below South Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (18%) alike. 82% of households own their home. From September 2023 to August 2026, 61 homes sold inside Pentyrch’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £405,000.
£405Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Pentyrch£405K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £502,500 | 30 |
| Semi-detached | £367,500 | 16 |
| Terraced | £221,250 | 6 |
| Flat or maisonette | £177,000 | 9 |
82%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
7%
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
History
More of the land in Pentyrch is conservation area than in South Glamorgan’s towns or Wales’s towns: 13%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Its heritage register entries (5 listed buildings) are all Grade II. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, below South Glamorgan’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike.
5listed buildingsC−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II5
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
11%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
21
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Safety
Per resident, Pentyrch sees less crime than 79% of UK towns
78 crimes and 10 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Pentyrch’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences made up 46% of the total. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 6.2 reports per 1,000, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (7.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4).
15.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 62% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual36
Public order18
Damage & arson13
Other theft4
Other crime3
Vehicle crime2
Burglary1
Drugs1
Anti-social10
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.
15.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5.8
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
78
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.
Health
Is Pentyrch a healthy place? 85% of its people say their health is good, above South Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.4% of the town. At the census, 18% of people here had a disability, below South Glamorgan’s towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (22%) alike. Seeing a GP means leaving Pentyrch: the nearest practice is 1.7 miles away.
85%good or very good healthA−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 85%Fair 11%Bad or very bad 4%
| Census 2021 | Pentyrch | South Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.4% | 6% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 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 · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
Under 5 km to work: 17% in Pentyrch, fewer than in South Glamorgan’s towns or Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 47% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working mainly from home: 47% of workers, above both South Glamorgan’s towns (35%) and Wales’s towns (24%). 88% of commuters drove to work at the census. There are 0.3 jobs in Pentyrch for each resident in work.
12%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving88%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Bus2%
Train1%
17%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
47%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£65K
mean household income, before tax
1.5%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C+
Walkability: more walkable than 37% 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 Pentyrch
15pages on Pentyrch
The big questions
SafetyA−15.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingDMedian home £405K · rent £1,177 a monthHousing21 sold in 12 months · busiest street Maes Y SarnSchools2 state schools (no results published in Wales)HealthA−Work & commuteA−56% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Pentyrch’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
CreigiauTaff's WellTongwynlaisChurch VillageBeddauLlantrisantPontyclunPentyrch
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentyrch | 2,374 | — | — | D | A− | A− |
| Creigiau | 2,304 | 1.3 | — | C− | A+ | A |
| Taff's Well | 3,553 | 1.7 | C+ | D | B | C |
| Tongwynlais | 1,846 | 2.1 | — | C | C− | C+ |
| Church Village | 14,162 | 2.6 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Beddau | 7,356 | 2.9 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Llantrisant | 4,196 | 3.3 | C− | C+ | D | C |
| Pontyclun | 5,801 | 3.7 | B | C− | B+ | B− |
Creigiau and Tongwynlais have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Pentyrch
Is Pentyrch safe?
About the middle for its size: 38% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Is Pentyrch expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £405,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £177,000, terraced houses £221,250, semi-detached houses £367,500 and detached houses £502,500.
About Pentyrch
Village in South Glamorgan, Wales
Pentyrch is a built-up area of 2,374 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
- 2,374 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Cardiff
- County
- South Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000584
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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