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754 people call this village in South Glamorgan, Wales home.
St Brides Major is below the 1,000 residents fair grades need, but every figure on this page is real. Its listed buildings number 4, with 0 at Grade I. A degree-level qualification is held by 51% of adults. Homes sell for a median £415,000.
The 3 things St Brides Major does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists them inside St Brides Major’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
22% 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 St Brides Major.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above both South Glamorgan’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of St Brides Major are older than 47.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| St Brides Major | South Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 16% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 27% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 16% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 16% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 51% | 39% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
It appears below. Its one primary school teaches 220 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Brides C.I.W. Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 220 | – |
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.
17% of commuters travelled under 5 km, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (51%) and Wales’s towns (41%). At the census, 10% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.1%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
9% rent privately, below South Glamorgan’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (17%) alike. Social renters account for 4% of households. Private rents average £982 a month across the Vale of Glamorgan council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £495,000 | 16 |
| Semi-detached | £374,975 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 52% of recorded crime. Homes saw 4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, below South Glamorgan’s towns (7.2) and Wales’s towns (10.7) alike. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 21 recorded crimes inside St Brides Major’s built-up area, and 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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.
14% of residents have a disability, below both South Glamorgan’s towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Self-reported good health: 86% of St Brides Major’s residents. There is no GP practice locally: the nearest is 2.9 miles off.
| Census 2021 | St Brides Major | South Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 6% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 19% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Just over a fifth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than South Glamorgan’s towns (13%) yet lower than Wales’s towns (27%). The national list protects one ancient monument in St Brides Major. Scaled to its population, that is 53 listed buildings for every 10,000 people locally.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near St Brides Major. Best known first.
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle2.1 km outside town, to the northwest
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd4.8 km outside town, to the north
CastleCandleston Castle3 km outside town, to the northwest
Abbey or priory · CadwEwenny Priory2.9 km outside town, to the northeastArt galleryArt galleryNolton Art Gallery4.3 km outside town, to the northPhotos: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brides Major | 754 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 1,356 | 1.6 | — | D | A | A |
| Bridgend | 51,751 | 3.5 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Pen-y-fai | 2,301 | 4.6 | — | C | A | C+ |
| Porthcawl | 15,797 | 4.8 | D | C− | C | C |
| Cefn Cribwr | 1,379 | 5.4 | — | B | B+ | D |
| Sarn | 11,867 | 5.7 | D | B | C | D |
| Pencoed | 9,119 | 5.9 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
Ogmore-by-Sea, Pen-y-fai and Cefn Cribwr have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
4 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
By type: semi-detached houses £374,975 and detached houses £495,000.
Village in South Glamorgan, Wales
St Brides Major is a built-up area of 754 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
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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