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People

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5,419

Resident population · 2024

-0.2%

Population change · 2022 to 2024

1.8 percentage points lower than Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 0.2%Wales 1.7%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Resident population Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2024	Gurnos (Ward)	estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%) Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2022-2024	Gurnos (Ward)	estimated, medium quality

Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£117,500

Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025

45% lower than Wales

Merthyr Tydfil £147,000Wales £215,000

6.8%

Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier

4.4 percentage points higher than Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 2.8%Wales 2.4%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Median sale price Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025	Gurnos (Ward)	aggregated, medium quality
Change in median sale price over a year Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024	Gurnos (Ward)	aggregated, low quality Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.

Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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25%

Adults with a degree-level qualification or above · 2021

Merthyr Tydfil figure

6.5 percentage points lower than Wales

Wales 31.5%

26.9%

Adults with no qualifications · 2021

Merthyr Tydfil figure

7 percentage points higher than Wales

Wales 19.9%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).	Office for National Statistics Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2021	Merthyr Tydfil (Council area)	direct, high quality
Adults with no qualifications Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).	Office for National Statistics Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2021	Merthyr Tydfil (Council area)	direct, high quality

Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Economy

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Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026

13.3 per 1,000

Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026

76% lower than Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 33.1 per 1,000Wales 55.2 per 1,000

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices) Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.	Companies House Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)	2 Oct 2026	Gurnos (Ward)	aggregated, medium quality By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.	Companies House Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)	2 Oct 2026	Gurnos (Ward)	aggregated, low quality By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.

Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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132.1 per 1,000

Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026

96% higher than Wales

Merthyr Tydfil 91.7 per 1,000Wales 67.6 per 1,000

Charities registered here · Oct 2026

Fewer than Wales here 0.6 per 1,000

Merthyr Tydfil 1.8 per 1,000Wales 2.5 per 1,000

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.	Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk Street-level crime (12 monthly files) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	Year to Apr 2026	Gurnos (Ward)	estimated, medium quality 12 months to April 2026. 2.6% of South Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.	Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)	Oct 2026	Gurnos (Ward)	aggregated, low quality By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Merthyr Tydfil 1.8 per 1,000, Wales 2.5 per 1,000, here 0.6 per 1,000.

Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

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62.7%16%20.1%

A small part 62.7%
Some 16%
Much 20.1%
Not yet assessed 1.2%

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Homesmedium confidence

Lower than Wales: Typical (median) home sale price

Typical (median) home sale price is £117,500 in Gurnos (Year to Oct 2025), compared with £215,000 in Wales (45% lower; n = 30).

£117,500 here£215,000 Wales

How do we know this?

Source

HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))

Period

Year to Oct 2025

Geography

Ward, compared with Wales

Method

Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Limitations

Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 only.

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Economymedium confidence

Increase between 2022 and 2025: Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area (Merthyr Tydfil figure)

Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area in Merthyr Tydfil council area went from £540 (2022) to £685 (2025): up 27% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 19.0% in Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil figure

£685 Merthyr Tydfil figure£540 same place, 2022

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

2025

Geography

Council area, compared with same place, 2022

Method

Earnings from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. ASHE is a 1% sample of employee jobs from HMRC PAYE records, with a reference week in April. We hold the median gross pay of full-time employees, by place of residence (where the employee lives) and by place of work (where the job is), for the latest survey year and the years back to 2015. Median weekly pay is gross pay before tax for the pay period that includes the reference date; annual pay is gross annual pay for the year to April. Pay is in cash terms: it is not adjusted for inflation, so changes over time include price rises. Survey estimates have a margin of error that grows as areas get smaller; each value carries its coefficient of variation and values with a CV above 10% are marked low quality. Estimates ONS judges too unreliable (CV above about 40%) are not published and appear here as absent. Self-employed people are not covered. Residence-based figures describe people who live in the area wherever they work; workplace-based figures describe jobs located in the area wherever the employee lives. The two can differ a lot in commuter areas and city centres.

Limitations

Coefficient of variation 6.1%. Coefficient of variation 6.7%.
This figure is for the Merthyr Tydfil council area, not for Gurnos itself.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.

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Peoplemedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Children aged 0 to 15

Children aged 0 to 15 is 24.7% in Gurnos (2024), compared with 17.1% in Wales (7.5 percentage points higher; n = 5,419).

24.7% here17.1% Wales

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics: Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

2024

Geography

Ward, compared with Wales

Method

Mid-year population estimates. ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Limitations

This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.

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Communitymedium confidence

Higher than Wales: All recorded crime and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

All recorded crime and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents is 150 per 1,000 in Gurnos (Year to Apr 2026), compared with 79.7 per 1,000 in Wales (about 1.9 times the Wales rate; n = 5,419).

150 per 1,000 here79.7 per 1,000 Wales

How do we know this?

Source

Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk: Street-level crime (12 monthly files) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

Year to Apr 2026

Geography

Ward, compared with Wales

Method

Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents. Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Limitations

Rates use the resident population, so places with many visitors, workers or a busy centre can show higher rates; crimes are recorded where they occur.
This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
12 months to April 2026. 2.6% of South Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
Twelve months of crime data only, so no year-on-year comparison is possible; crimes are recorded where they occur, not by residence of those involved.

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The futurehigh confidence

Residents with a degree-level qualification or above

25% of residents aged 16+ in Merthyr Tydfil (the council area containing Gurnos) hold a Level 4 qualification or above, lower than the 33.8% for England and Wales (Census 2021). This describes the local qualifications profile, shown separately from other measures.

25% here33.8% England and Wales

How do we know this?

Source

not recorded

Period

Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Geography

Ward, compared with England and Wales

Method

Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.

Limitations

Highest qualification held, usual residents aged 16+, March 2021.
Not a judgement of residents or of skills.

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Homesmedium confidence

Increase between Aug 2024 and Aug 2026: Average monthly private rent (Merthyr Tydfil figure)

Average monthly private rent in Merthyr Tydfil council area went from £677 (Aug 2024) to £754 (Aug 2026): up 11% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 12.5% in Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil figure

£754 Merthyr Tydfil figure£677 same place, Aug 2024

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

Aug 2026

Geography

Council area, compared with same place, Aug 2024

Method

Private rents (PIPR). The ONS Price Index of Private Rents measures the change in rents paid by private tenants, and publishes an average (mean) monthly rent per local authority from the same data. The figure is a mean, not a median, so a few very high rents pull it up, especially in London and where there are few lettings. It covers rents paid for homes let on the private market (not social rents) and reflects all tenancies in the stock, not only new lets, except in Scotland where the underlying data are mainly advertised new lets, which makes Scotland not directly comparable with England and Wales. Annual change is the change in the rental price index, not in the cash average. Rents are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Averages by number of bedrooms are held for the latest month only.

Limitations

Mean, not median.
This figure is for the Merthyr Tydfil council area, not for Gurnos itself.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.

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What's changing in Merthyr Tydfil (council area)

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The ward itself has no dated records, so these are from the wider council area. They are events, not judgements.

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30 Oct 2026
Company incorporated New company registered: Prime Property Developments Sw LimitedRegistered office in Merthyr Tydfil, which is not necessarily where it operates
27 Oct 2026
Company dissolved Company dissolved: Pencerrig Properties LimitedRegistered office in Merthyr Tydfil, which is not necessarily where it operates
27 Oct 2026
Company dissolved Company dissolved: B D T Groundworks LimitedRegistered office in Merthyr Tydfil, which is not necessarily where it operates
27 Oct 2026
Company dissolved Company dissolved: McCombie's Coffee LtdRegistered office in Merthyr Tydfil, which is not necessarily where it operates

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Sources used on this page

Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland: Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)Period: CCEW extract 4 Oct 2026; OSCR 7 Oct 2026 · Published: 4 Oct 2026 · Coverage: United Kingdom (registered charities) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk: Street-level crime (12 monthly files)Period: May 2025 to Apr 2026 · Published: Jun 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales except Greater Manchester Police (no data in the loaded files); Northern Ireland records have no LSOA · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House: Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshotPeriod: snapshot 2 Oct 2026 · Published: 2 Oct 2026 · Coverage: UK companies on the register (registered office postcode) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)Period: sales to 31 Mar 2026 · Published: Apr 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Office for National Statistics: Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)Period: mid-2022 (revised), mid-2023, mid-2024 · Published: 7 Nov 2025 · Coverage: England and Wales (LSOA 2021) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence)Period: survey year 2025 (April 2025 reference week); 2015 to 2025 held · Published: Oct 2025 · Coverage: Great Britain local authorities (April 2023 boundaries), regions and countries; Northern Ireland not held · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statisticsPeriod: monthly, January 2015 to the latest month in the release; 36 months held · Published: 16 Sep 2026 · Coverage: UK local authorities (England, Wales, Scotland), English regions and countries; Northern Ireland not held · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualificationPeriod: 21 March 2021 · Published: 2023 · Coverage: Local authorities of Wales (22) and Wales; qualifications also for England and its local authorities · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House: Companies House streaming API (live), combined with the basic company data snapshot of 2 Oct 2026Period: incorporations to 1 Nov 2026 (stream timepoint 121116481, newest event published 2 Nov 2026T04:06:53) · Published: 2 Nov 2026 · Coverage: UK companies (registered office postcode)
Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026Period: dissolutions 2 Nov 2024 to 1 Nov 2026; annual series 2010 to 2025 · Published: 2 Nov 2026 · Coverage: UK companies (registered office postcode)

Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.