# Mountain Ash Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Mountain Ash is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Median sale price £120,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 94.4 per 1,000 people. About 13,405 people. Town. Code W45000462. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) Mountain Ash is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Mountain Ash add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £120,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Mountain Ash was £120,000 in 2025. 8th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,002** (2021). Mountain Ash had 13,002 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 408th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Mountain Ash live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.7%** (January 2026). In Mountain Ash, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000462) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Mountain Ash live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=W45000462) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 127 homes were sold in Mountain Ash in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000462) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Mountain Ash. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000462) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Mountain Ash had 13,002 usual residents at the census. ## How Mountain Ash compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Mountain Ash | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £120,000 | cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 | | Population | 13,002 | 36th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.7% | joint 25th highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 | ## Is Mountain Ash safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mountain Ash at a rate of 94.4 per 1,000 people. That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales. In August 2026 alone, 130 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mountain Ash. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (630), other crime (262) and anti-social behaviour (141). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Mountain Ash was 95.1 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Mountain Ash, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Mountain Ash has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales. ## Neighbourhoods in Mountain Ash | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001204) | 1,530 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001205) | 1,459 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.4% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001206) | 1,461 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001207) | 1,278 | 174.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.7% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001208) | 1,521 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.0% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001209) | 1,453 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001210) | 1,456 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001211) | 1,531 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001212) | 1,311 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% | ## Your MP - [Pontypridd](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pontypridd): Alex Davies-Jones (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) ## Postcode districts covering Mountain Ash [CF45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf45) ## Middle areas in Mountain Ash [Mountain Ash](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/mountain-ash), [Penrhiw-ceibr](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/penrhiw-ceibr) ## Towns near Mountain Ash [Aberdare](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aberdare), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Pontypridd](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypridd), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth), [Rhondda](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhondda), [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy) ## Mountain Ash in brief Mountain Ash is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. About 13,405 people lived in Mountain Ash in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £120,000 in 2025 across 127 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Mountain Ash was £120,000 in 2025. Mountain Ash had 13,002 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Mountain Ash live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Mountain Ash, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: W45000462 - Constituency: [Pontypridd †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pontypridd) - Council: [Rhondda Cynon Taf †](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) - Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) - Area: 2.75 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,405* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 44 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Aberdare](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aberdare), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Pontypridd](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypridd), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth), [Rhondda](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhondda), [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy) ## Latest updates for Mountain Ash - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000462 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash#f-house-sales-median-price. 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