Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In West Glamorgan, Wales, this town has 4,632 residents.
Getting around depends on the car: on the way to work, 8% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. It also trails on health (C) — 6.8% in bad or very bad health, 21.3% disabled. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): a typical home costs £192,050 and rent runs £852 a month. The overall grade lands at B−, #2 of 19 in West Glamorgan. On that grade it does better than 45% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · 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.
The 3 things Loughor does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Loughor is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 6 buildings inside Loughor’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
25% 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 Loughor.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took nine in ten commuters, higher than both West Glamorgan’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%). A household here earns £48K a year before tax, on average. 2% of commuters who live in Loughor also work there. In 2026, 2.2% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Below is one of them, and why it was picked. Some 401 pupils attend Loughor’s two primaries. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tre Uchaf Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 203 | – |
The nearest A&E to Loughor is Morriston Hospital, 5.8 miles away. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1 miles away. At the census, 21% of people here had a disability, about level with Wales’s towns (22%) and below West Glamorgan’s towns (23%).
| Census 2021 | Loughor | West Glamorgan | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 7.9% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
72% of households own their home. Half of the 168 standard sales inside Loughor’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £192,050. Social housing holds 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £300,000 | 48 |
| Semi-detached | £187,000 | 89 |
| Terraced | £162,500 | 24 |
| Flat or maisonette | £96,500 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 4% of Loughor’s land, above West Glamorgan’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%) alike. One scheduled monument lies here. Homes built before 1919 account for a quarter of the housing.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 51% of the total. Over the year to August 2026, 197 offences were reported in Loughor, along with 31 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Burglary and damage came to 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than West Glamorgan’s towns (7.2) yet lower than 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.
Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 17%, above West Glamorgan’s towns (16%) and close to Wales’s towns (17%). Ages in Loughor split evenly at 43.9: half are older, half younger. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Loughor | West Glamorgan | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 21% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Glamorgan and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
6 listed buildings in Loughor.
The Old Town Hall: Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Capel Moriah: Photo: GeraintTudur2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
7 notable people were born in Loughor.
Evan Roberts: オリーブの油搾りのゲッセマネ, Public domain · Ivor Jones: Unknown (Crown Studios of Wellington), Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughor | 4,632 | — | B− | B+ | B− | C |
| Gorseinon | 14,114 | 1 | C | B+ | B− | C− |
| Bryn | 1,727 | 2 | — | B | B+ | C− |
| Gowerton | 7,447 | 2.1 | C− | B | C | C− |
| Grovesend | 1,148 | 2.1 | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Llangennech | 4,278 | 2.3 | B− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Pen-clawdd | 1,655 | 2.4 | — | B | A− | B |
| Three Crosses | 1,476 | 2.5 | — | D | A− | B+ |
Bryn, Grovesend, Pen-clawdd and Three Crosses have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
6 on Cadw’s list. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £192,050, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £96,500, terraced houses £162,500, semi-detached houses £187,000 and detached houses £300,000.
Band D council tax in Loughor is £2,238 for 2026–27, less than in 81% of UK towns (the Swansea council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in West Glamorgan, Wales
Loughor is a built-up area of 4,632 people, in the Swansea 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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