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Briton Ferry West

Ward

South west Neath Port Talbot. About 2,923 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 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 Briton Ferry West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,932
1,048th 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
95.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Briton Ferry West compares

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

Briton Ferry WestMiddle
Population34 wards, Neath Port Talbot · 2021
Population: every ward in Neath Port Talbot34 areas from 1,584 to 7,833. The middle area is 4,054. Briton Ferry West is 2,932.
2,93212th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 wards, Neath Port Talbot · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Neath Port Talbot34 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Briton Ferry West is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 wards, Neath Port Talbot · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Neath Port Talbot34 areas from 0.4% to 99.6%. The middle area is 91.2%. Briton Ferry West is 95.1%.
95.1%14th highest
Claimant rate34 wards, Neath Port Talbot · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Neath Port Talbot34 areas from 0.6% to 5.6%. The middle area is 3.1%. Briton Ferry West is 4.6%.
4.6%joint 3rd highest

Is Briton Ferry West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Briton Ferry West at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.3 per 1,000 people across Neath Port Talbot.

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

In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Briton Ferry West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (112), other crime (54) and anti-social behaviour (53).

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 Neath Port Talbot

These figures are published for the whole of Neath Port Talbot, not for each ward, so they describe all of Neath Port Talbot and not Briton Ferry West alone. See Neath Port Talbot

Average house price
£165,787
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,359
105th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.6×
Joint 28th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
142,028
Down 0.4% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Briton Ferry West in brief

Briton Ferry West had 2,932 usual residents at the census.

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

In Briton Ferry West, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Briton Ferry West, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.