Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The village, home to 926 people, lies in South Glamorgan, Wales.
Towns under 1,000 residents aren’t graded, so Wick has no grades; its figures are still real. 5% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. It has 16 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I. 47% of adults are qualified to degree level.
The 3 things Wick does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists them inside Wick’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
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 Wick.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both South Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (21%). Half of Wick is older than 47.7, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Wick | South Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 16% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 16% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 9.4% | 16% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 47% | 39% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
It appears below. 144 pupils attend Wick’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick Marcross C.I.W. Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 144 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 39% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car carried 93% of commuters at the census. Working mainly from home: nearly two in five workers, higher than both South Glamorgan’s towns (35%) and Wales’s towns (24%). A household here earns £61K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Nearly one in ten households live in social housing. Owners make up just over four in five households, higher than both South Glamorgan’s towns (61%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private tenants account for 10% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £465,000 | 27 |
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 45% of the total. Violent crime comes to 17.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Wick logged 33 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 1 complaints of anti-social conduct. There were 1.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below South Glamorgan’s towns (7.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4) alike.
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.
At the census, 86% of people in Wick called their health good or very good, above South Glamorgan’s towns (81%) and Wales’s towns (78%) alike. A disability affects 16% of people here. Seeing a GP means leaving Wick: the nearest practice is 3.6 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Wick | South Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.9% | 6% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 19% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Per 10,000 residents, Wick counts 173 listed buildings. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, above South Glamorgan’s towns (13%) but below Wales’s towns (27%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Village in South Glamorgan, Wales
Wick is a built-up area of 926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | 926 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Llantwit Major | 5,348 | 3.8 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 1,356 | 3.8 | — | D | A | A |
| Boverton | 2,740 | 4.2 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Cowbridge | 3,649 | 4.5 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Bridgend | 51,751 | 5 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Eglwys-Brewis | 3,300 | 5.5 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Pencoed | 9,119 | 6.3 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
Ogmore-by-Sea has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
16 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 7.1 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
By type: semi-detached houses £250,000 and detached houses £465,000. Private rents in the Vale of Glamorgan council area averaged £982 a month in August 2026.
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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