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Cyfarthfa

Ward

West Merthyr Tydfil. About 7,398 people in 7.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 56% of people in Cyfarthfa live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,268
3,845th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
56%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cyfarthfa compares

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

CyfarthfaMiddle
Population11 wards, Merthyr Tydfil · 2021
Population: every ward in Merthyr Tydfil11 areas from 3,398 to 7,895. The middle area is 5,279. Cyfarthfa is 7,268.
7,2682nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares11 wards, Merthyr Tydfil · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Merthyr Tydfil11 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 71.0%. Cyfarthfa is 56.0%.
56%3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage11 wards, Merthyr Tydfil · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Merthyr Tydfil11 areas from 37.5% to 96.7%. The middle area is 82.6%. Cyfarthfa is 93.0%.
93.0%3rd highest
Claimant rate11 wards, Merthyr Tydfil · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Merthyr Tydfil11 areas from 2.6% to 5.2%. The middle area is 3.3%. Cyfarthfa is 2.7%.
2.7%2nd lowest

Is Cyfarthfa safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cyfarthfa at a rate of 128.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.6 per 1,000 people across Merthyr Tydfil.

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

In August 2026 alone, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cyfarthfa.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), other crime (169) and anti-social behaviour (164).

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 Merthyr Tydfil

These figures are published for the whole of Merthyr Tydfil, not for each ward, so they describe all of Merthyr Tydfil and not Cyfarthfa alone. See Merthyr Tydfil

Average house price
£156,721
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,152
67th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
Joint 24th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
58,362
Down 0.6% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Cyfarthfa in brief

Cyfarthfa had 7,268 usual residents at the census.

About 56% of people in Cyfarthfa live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cyfarthfa, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cyfarthfa, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.