Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,927 people call this town in West Glamorgan, Wales home.
Glyn-neath’s weakest is jobs & income: mean household income £40,342; 2.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Residents’ health trails most towns: 8.5% in bad or very bad health, 24.7% disabled. Natural hazards weigh more here: just over a quarter of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Prices are modest for what you get: the median home sold for £162,500, 3.9 years of area income. The overall grade lands at D, #15 of 19 in West Glamorgan. Set against the rest, it does better than 13% of UK towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · 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 Glyn-neath is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Glyn-neath does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists 8 buildings inside Glyn-neath’s built-up area.
35% 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 Glyn-neath.
A disability affects 25% of people in Glyn-neath. The nearest A&E to Glyn-neath is Prince Charles Hospital, 10.4 miles away. Men in Glyn-neath can expect to live to 78.5, women to 82 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Glyn-neath | West Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.5% | 7.9% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
Glyn-neath’s two primaries have 315 pupils between them. They are listed below. All of them are below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cwmnedd Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 172 | – |
| YGG Cwm NeddLargest Welsh-medium schoolPrimary | Primary | 143 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 87% of commuters went by car. 13% of commuters who live in Glyn-neath also work there. For every resident in work, Glyn-neath has 0.5 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Owners make up 69% of households, above West Glamorgan’s towns (63%) and Wales’s towns (65%) alike. From September 2023 to August 2026, 144 homes sold inside Glyn-neath’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £162,500. Council and housing-body homes hold 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £287,475 | 32 |
| Semi-detached | £162,500 | 69 |
| Terraced | £116,250 | 38 |
| Flat or maisonette | £69,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Reported offences in Glyn-neath came to 239 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 28. Violence and sexual offences accounted for nearly three fifths of recorded crime. Burglary and damage came to 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year, between West Glamorgan’s towns (7.2) and Wales’s towns (10.7).
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a third of the total, above West Glamorgan’s towns (27%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. Conservation areas cover 2% of Glyn-neath’s land, higher than both West Glamorgan’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Half the people of Glyn-neath are older than 45.2. 17% are under 15, in line with West Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (17%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Glyn-neath | West Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 21% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Glyn-neath. Best known first.
Town in West Glamorgan, Wales
Glyn-neath is a built-up area of 3,927 people, in the Neath Port Talbot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyn-neath | 3,927 | — | D | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Cwmgwrach | 1,071 | 1.1 | — | B+ | B− | C− |
| Seven Sisters | 1,343 | 3.9 | — | B+ | D | D |
| Resolven | 2,162 | 4 | — | B+ | B− | D− |
| Creunant | 1,664 | 5.5 | — | B | B− | D |
| Ystradgynlais | 4,032 | 6 | D− | B+ | D | D |
| Treherbert | 5,427 | 6.1 | D | B+ | C− | D− |
| Ystalyfera | 7,831 | 7 | D | A− | C | D |
Cwmgwrach, Seven Sisters, Resolven and Creunant have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
8 on Cadw’s list.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £162,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £69,000, terraced houses £116,250, semi-detached houses £162,500 and detached houses £287,475.
About the middle for its size: 66% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
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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