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Rest Bay

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South west Bridgend. About 2,446 people in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Rest Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,361
523rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
0.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Rest Bay compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Rest BayMiddle
Population28 wards, Bridgend · 2021
Population: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 2,301 to 11,249. The middle area is 4,128. Rest Bay is 2,361.
2,3613rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 wards, Bridgend · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 10.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Rest Bay is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 wards, Bridgend · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 78.2% to 100.0%. The middle area is 95.3%. Rest Bay is 98.4%.
98.4%6th highest
Claimant rate28 wards, Bridgend · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 0.7% to 4.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Rest Bay is 0.9%.
0.9%2nd lowest

Is Rest Bay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rest Bay at a rate of 16.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 85.0 per 1,000 people across Bridgend.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rest Bay.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (25), other crime (6) and criminal damage and arson (4).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bridgend

These figures are published for the whole of Bridgend, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bridgend and not Rest Bay alone. See Bridgend

Average house price
£209,569
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,002
124th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
146,986
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Rest Bay in brief

Rest Bay had 2,361 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Rest Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rest Bay, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Rest Bay, 0.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.