Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
Band D benchmark for local authority
£2,594
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Council Tax bands and local charges · 2026-27
Town guide · Town · Wales
Explore house prices and housing, home energy and crime and safety in Merthyr Tydfil. This local area guide brings together 466 published figures for this town in Wales, with the source and date shown for each.
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£277 above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
624.877 above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
£53,077 below Average across published towns and cities in Wales
25.6 percentage points above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
£184 above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
£645 above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
3.5 percentage points below Average across published towns and cities in Wales
3.3 percentage points above Average across published towns and cities in Wales
£10,445 below Average across published towns and cities in Wales
£23,558 below Average across published towns and cities in Wales
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Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
£2,594
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Council Tax bands and local charges · 2026-27
Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
£1,729
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Council Tax bands and local charges · 2026-27
Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
£6,052
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Council Tax bands and local charges · 2026-27
Homes & housing costs · Lower than most
£66,250
Among the lowest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
Home energy certificates · Higher than most
84
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Home energy certificates · Higher than most
98.2%
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
2,115
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
536.16 per 1,000 residents per year
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
92
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
182
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
43
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
95
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
211
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
12
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
308
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
15
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
76
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
688
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Income, work & local economy · Higher than most
530
Among the highest 10% of the 103 towns and cities in Wales.
Non-domestic rating list / Find a business rates valuation · 2026
Air, land & environment · Higher than most
9.6°
Among the highest 10% of the 106 towns and cities in Wales.
OS Terrain 50 · 2026-07
Nature & green space · Lower than most
5.0%
Among the lowest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
UK Ward Canopy Cover · 2018-2022 (per-ward survey year)
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
30
Among the highest 10% of the 107 towns and cities in Wales.
National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN) · 2026-10-02
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
152
Among the highest 10% of the 107 towns and cities in Wales.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme · 2026-10-02
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
39
Among the highest 10% of the 107 towns and cities in Wales.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme · 2026-10-02
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
10
Among the highest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
13
Among the highest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
20
Among the highest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
2
Among the highest 10% of the 104 towns and cities in Wales.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Every figure belongs to one of these groups, so you always know whether you are reading about the whole place, a neighbourhood, or the wider council area.
105
Whole town
Totals and figures for the town boundary
39
Neighbourhood range
Lowest, median and highest across local areas
256
Around the centre
A representative location in the town
66
Wider council area
Named council areas around the town
The small numbers after figure labels refer to this key. They show how a figure was made, not how accurate it is. Open any figure to see its source, date and important limits.
Published council-wide context for councils linked to Merthyr Tydfil, not a finding about the whole place or a property.
These records are published for councils linked to known active postcodes in this place. The councils cover a wider area: a listed designation is not a finding that it intersects this town or any property. The list may not be exhaustive. AQMAs are management designations, not measured pollution concentrations, property exposure or clean-air charging zones. Absence of a designation is not evidence of clean air. Great Britain only; Northern Ireland mapping is not included.
Merthyr Tydfil · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
Monitoring identified an exceedence of the annual mean NO2 air quality standard. This was associated with traffic, in particular uphill traffic using Twynyrodyn Road. The AQMA extends from the Western End of Twynyrodyn Road to 147 Gilfach Cynon
Official UK-AIR designation recordRegister snapshot: 2026-10-20. Imported 25 October 2026.
Broadband and mobile connectivity
Ofcom publishes these fixed-broadband, full-fibre take-up and mobile coverage profiles for named local and unitary authorities, rather than for town boundaries. They are shown as wider council-area context for Merthyr Tydfil; availability figures are provider predictions, not measurements at every address.
These highlights come from complete all-premises and residential broadband profiles, both published full-fibre take-up measures, the complete 2G, 3G, 4G, voice, 5G and standalone-5G network-count profiles, and the premises and grid-pixel counts used as the mobile basis. View every published broadband, full-fibre and mobile value.
Published source details for this wider council-area context:
466 sourced figures are listed here with the source, period and geography. Open a topic above for comparisons and detailed explanations.