Ceredigion: local statistics
Ceredigion is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 72,696 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 Ceredigion, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
72,696 people lived in Ceredigion in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of -0.0% in a year. That is 1,028 fewer people than in mid-2015, a fall of 1.4%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole. That is the slowest growth of all 22 council areas in Wales. The series peaked at 73,724 in mid-2015.
The police recorded 55.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in Ceredigion in the year to March 2026 (4,003 offences in all), the lowest rate in Wales. That compares with 63.5 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 52.1 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
2.6% of Ceredigion residents aged 16 to 64 (1,140 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.4% in Wales. A year earlier the rate was 2.4%. The five-year high was 3.4% (August 2021); the low was 2.2% (October 2023).
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Ceredigion at £235,160 for July 2026, a fall of 1.2% in twelve months. That is the 5th highest of all 22 council areas in Wales (average for Wales: £215,037). The July peak was £238,125 in 2025, and prices are 36% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Ceredigion (£33,299) gives a ratio of 7.1. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of 22 in Wales.
The median full-time employee living in Ceredigion was paid £682.00 a week before tax in April 2025 (£33,299 a year). It is 19th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest, and 5.2% less than across Wales. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £675.70, £6.30 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £423.50: a change of +61% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Ceredigion had a life expectancy at birth of 83.3 years; for men it was 79.7 (Wales: 82.2 and 78.3). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.6 years for women and -0.6 for men. It is the 5th highest for women of all 22 council areas in Wales.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Ceredigion is £2,419.45, 5.4% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 7th highest of 22 in Wales.
In March 2026, 4,630 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Ceredigion, 1% more than in 2016. That is 64 for every 1,000 residents, the 2nd highest of all 22 council areas in Wales.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 71.8% of Ceredigion residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 7.5 points), against 72.1% across Wales. Its lowest reading in the series was 64.9% and its highest 74.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 73,724 |
| 2016 | 72,900 |
| 2017 | 72,220 |
| 2018 | 71,291 |
| 2019 | 70,639 |
| 2020 | 71,421 |
| 2021 | 70,676 |
| 2022 | 72,111 |
| 2023 | 72,731 |
| 2024 | 72,726 |
| 2025 | 72,696 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £172,364 |
| July 2017 | £175,254 |
| July 2018 | £177,822 |
| July 2019 | £177,093 |
| July 2020 | £193,178 |
| July 2021 | £205,824 |
| July 2022 | £231,975 |
| July 2023 | £237,825 |
| July 2024 | £233,586 |
| July 2025 | £238,125 |
| July 2026 | £235,160 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £423.50 a week |
| 2016 | £461.80 a week |
| 2017 | £470.70 a week |
| 2018 | £490.90 a week |
| 2019 | £504.40 a week |
| 2020 | £504.70 a week |
| 2021 | £553.60 a week |
| 2022 | £586.90 a week |
| 2023 | £617.30 a week |
| 2024 | £670.30 a week |
| 2025 | £682.00 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 52.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 58.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 54.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 59.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 62.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 56.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 83.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 90.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 55.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 63.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 55.1 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 65.8% |
| 2016/17 | 64.9% |
| 2017/18 | 68.1% |
| 2018/19 | 69.0% |
| 2019/20 | 71.3% |
| 2020/21 | 72.9% |
| 2021/22 | 71.9% |
| 2022/23 | 73.1% |
| 2023/24 | 71.3% |
| 2024/25 | 74.6% |
| 2025/26 | 71.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,575 |
| 2017 | 4,600 |
| 2018 | 4,550 |
| 2019 | 4,505 |
| 2020 | 4,505 |
| 2021 | 4,465 |
| 2022 | 4,550 |
| 2023 | 4,630 |
| 2024 | 4,655 |
| 2025 | 4,595 |
| 2026 | 4,630 |
Questions about Ceredigion
What is the population of Ceredigion?
72,696 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Ceredigion?
Home Office figures show 4,003 offences in the year to March 2026, or 55.1 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Ceredigion?
The ONS claimant count was 1,140 in August 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Ceredigion?
£235,160 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-1.2% on a year).
What is the average salary in Ceredigion?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Ceredigion was £682.00 a week in April 2025 (£33,299 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Ceredigion?
83.3 years for women and 79.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Ceredigion?
£2,419.45 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
Who has power over Ceredigion
Every body that makes decisions for Ceredigion, 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
- Ceredigion council this page
- Ceredigion 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
- Ceredigion Preseli: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) 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 population · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in Wales: Blaenau Gwent · Denbighshire · Isle of Anglesey · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Torfaen
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