Carmarthenshire: local statistics
Carmarthenshire is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 190,037 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Carmarthenshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS counted 9,315 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Carmarthenshire in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 49 per 1,000 residents, the 6th highest of 22 in Wales.
A typical home in Carmarthenshire cost £199,025 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 6.0% on a year before. It ranks as the 17th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales; the average for Wales was £215,037. This July figure is the highest in the series, 59% up on July 2016. The average price is 5.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Carmarthenshire. That ratio is the 17th highest ratio of the 22 council areas in Wales.
3.0% of Carmarthenshire residents aged 16 to 64 (3,320 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. That compares with 2.8% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.7% in November 2023.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Carmarthenshire was £732.60 in April 2025 (£37,405 a year). That is 1.8% above the figure for Wales and the 7th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales. Jobs based in Carmarthenshire paid a median £657.70 a week, £74.90 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £464.80: a change of +58% before inflation.
The police recorded 66.2 crimes per 1,000 residents in Carmarthenshire in the year to March 2026 (12,589 offences in all), 14th of 20 in Wales, counting from the highest rate. The rate was 69.2 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 43.3 to 84.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 75.5% of Carmarthenshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.0 points either way, against 72.1% across Wales. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.1% and its highest 75.5%.
A girl born in Carmarthenshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.9 years and a boy 78.7 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.6 years for women and -0.1 for men. It is 14th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest for women.
190,037 people lived in Carmarthenshire in mid-2025, according to the ONS, down 0.2% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 3.1%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole, close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (10th fastest growth). The series peaked at 190,346 in mid-2024.
A Band D home in Carmarthenshire pays an average of £2,351.20 in council tax in 2026-27, 5.3% more than in 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (11th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 184,404 |
| 2016 | 184,985 |
| 2017 | 184,984 |
| 2018 | 185,444 |
| 2019 | 186,125 |
| 2020 | 187,391 |
| 2021 | 188,172 |
| 2022 | 189,142 |
| 2023 | 190,255 |
| 2024 | 190,346 |
| 2025 | 190,037 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £125,358 |
| July 2017 | £124,728 |
| July 2018 | £131,826 |
| July 2019 | £136,400 |
| July 2020 | £140,733 |
| July 2021 | £164,081 |
| July 2022 | £183,881 |
| July 2023 | £185,973 |
| July 2024 | £189,881 |
| July 2025 | £187,744 |
| July 2026 | £199,025 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £464.80 a week |
| 2016 | £494.50 a week |
| 2017 | £517.80 a week |
| 2018 | £511.30 a week |
| 2019 | £536.20 a week |
| 2020 | £574.50 a week |
| 2021 | £573.70 a week |
| 2022 | £617.80 a week |
| 2023 | £664.20 a week |
| 2024 | £701.20 a week |
| 2025 | £732.60 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 43.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 45.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 55.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 62.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 65.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 66.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 84.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 84.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 59.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 66.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 70.8% |
| 2016/17 | 75.2% |
| 2017/18 | 73.7% |
| 2018/19 | 71.6% |
| 2019/20 | 71.6% |
| 2020/21 | 68.1% |
| 2021/22 | 69.5% |
| 2022/23 | 71.7% |
| 2023/24 | 72.0% |
| 2024/25 | 72.8% |
| 2025/26 | 75.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,975 |
| 2017 | 9,130 |
| 2018 | 9,075 |
| 2019 | 9,105 |
| 2020 | 9,120 |
| 2021 | 9,220 |
| 2022 | 9,510 |
| 2023 | 9,305 |
| 2024 | 9,165 |
| 2025 | 9,190 |
| 2026 | 9,315 |
Questions about Carmarthenshire
What is the average house price in Carmarthenshire?
£199,025 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+6.0% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Carmarthenshire?
3,320 in August 2026 (3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average salary in Carmarthenshire?
£732.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Carmarthenshire?
Home Office figures show 12,589 offences in the year to March 2026, or 66.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Carmarthenshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.7 years for men and 81.9 for women.
What is the population of Carmarthenshire?
The ONS estimates 190,037 people lived in Carmarthenshire in mid-2025.
How much is Band D council tax in Carmarthenshire?
The Welsh Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,351.20 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Carmarthenshire
Every body that makes decisions for Carmarthenshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Carmarthenshire council this page
- Carmarthenshire in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Dyfed-Powys Police police force
- Hywel Dda University Health Board NHS
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Caerfyrddin: Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru) MP
- Llanelli: Dame Nia Griffith (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Figures for Wales
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK unemployment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Caerphilly · Flintshire · Neath Port Talbot · Newport · Rhondda Cynon Taf
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