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Environment in Carmarthenshire

Welsh council

West Wales. 190,037 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 2,371 square kilometres.

6 layers about environment for Carmarthenshire, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

Carmarthenshire’s 51 wards range from 6% to 100%.

Radon potential

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Carmarthenshire. The map shows each one.

People in radon Affected Area squares

Council
87%
Worked out by Open Index · 2022

About 87% of people in Carmarthenshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Across the UK the figure is 44%.

Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.

Against Wales
5% higher83%
Against the UK
twice44%
People in radon Affected Area squares: Carmarthenshire among every council361 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 42.0%. Carmarthenshire is 87.0%.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Carmarthenshire. The map shows each one.

Fine particles (PM2.5)

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Carmarthenshire. The map shows each one.

Green space

OutlineGreat Britain only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Carmarthenshire. The map shows each one.

Flood zones

OutlineEngland and Wales only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Carmarthenshire. The map shows each one.