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Llanelwedd

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South east Powys. About 1,703 people in 173 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 Llanelwedd live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
1,733
Joint 129th 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
39.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Llanelwedd compares

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

LlanelweddMiddle
Population60 wards, Powys · 2021
Population: every ward in Powys60 areas from 1,466 to 5,163. The middle area is 2,012. Llanelwedd is 1,733.
1,733joint 13th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 wards, Powys · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Powys60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Llanelwedd is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 wards, Powys · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Powys60 areas from 19.7% to 96.9%. The middle area is 63.9%. Llanelwedd is 39.1%.
39.1%16th lowest
Claimant rate59 wards, Powys · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Powys59 areas from 0.9% to 8.3%. The middle area is 2.2%. Llanelwedd is 2.4%.
2.4%joint 24th highest

Is Llanelwedd safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Llanelwedd at a rate of 76.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Powys.

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

In August 2026 alone, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Llanelwedd.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (48), other crime (18) and anti-social behaviour (8).

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 Powys

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

Average house price
£237,762
Up 3.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,909
91st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 138th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
134,843
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Llanelwedd in brief

Llanelwedd had 1,733 usual residents at the census.

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

In Llanelwedd, 39.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Llanelwedd, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.