# Ystalyfera

Town in Neath Port Talbot and Powys, Wales.

Ystalyfera is a town in Neath Port Talbot and Powys, Wales. Median sale price £162,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 75.4 per 1,000 people. About 7,800 people.

Town. Code W45000370. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)

Ystalyfera is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ystalyfera 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: £162,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ystalyfera was £162,000 in 2025. Joint 92nd 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/ystalyfera#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,831** (2021). Ystalyfera had 7,831 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 46th 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/ystalyfera#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 55%** (2022). About 55% of people in Ystalyfera 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/ystalyfera#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.6%** (January 2026). In Ystalyfera, 80.6% 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/ystalyfera#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000370) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 55% of people in Ystalyfera 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=W45000370) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 95 homes were sold in Ystalyfera in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000370) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ystalyfera.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000370) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ystalyfera had 7,831 usual residents at the census.

## How Ystalyfera compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ystalyfera | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £162,000 | 21st cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 7,831 | 5th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 55% | 13th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 80.6% | 9th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ystalyfera safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ystalyfera at a rate of 75.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ystalyfera.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (299), other crime (101) and criminal damage and arson (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ystalyfera was 75.8 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 Ystalyfera, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ystalyfera has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 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 Ystalyfera

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Neath Port Talbot 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000927) | 2,078 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.2% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000973) | 1,328 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 020G](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01001900) | 1,411 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.6% |
| [Powys 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000502) | 2,064 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.2% |
| [Powys 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01001899) | 2,219 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.2% |

## Your MP

- [Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brecon-radnor-and-cwm-tawe): David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat), 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.

## Councils Ystalyfera sits in

[Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot), [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys)

## Postcode districts covering Ystalyfera

[SA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa9)

## Towns near Ystalyfera

[Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath), [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Baglan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baglan), [Ammanford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford), [Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot)

## Ystalyfera in brief

Ystalyfera is a town in Neath Port Talbot and Powys, Wales.
About 7,800 people lived in Ystalyfera in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £162,000 in 2025 across 95 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ystalyfera was £162,000 in 2025.
Ystalyfera had 7,831 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in Ystalyfera live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ystalyfera, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000370
- Constituency: [Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brecon-radnor-and-cwm-tawe)
- Council: [Neath Port Talbot †](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 3.35 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,800*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 27

* 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

[Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath), [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Baglan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baglan), [Ammanford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford), [Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot)

## Latest updates for Ystalyfera

- 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/W45000370

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera