Neath Port Talbot: local statistics
Neath Port Talbot is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 142,028 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 Neath Port Talbot, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Average Band D council tax in Neath Port Talbot is £2,541.39 for 2026-27, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd highest of the 22 council areas in Wales.
Homes in Neath Port Talbot sold for an average of £168,082 in July 2026, a rise of 2.9% in twelve months. That is the 19th highest of 22 in Wales; the average for Wales was £215,037. Prices are 72% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Neath Port Talbot (£36,359) gives a ratio of 4.6. That ratio is the 3rd lowest ratio of the 22 council areas in Wales.
Life expectancy at birth in Neath Port Talbot is 81.4 years for women and 77.5 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.2 years for women and +0.3 for men. It is 17th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest for women.
3,950 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Neath Port Talbot in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. That is 28 for every 1,000 residents, the 2nd lowest in Wales.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Neath Port Talbot was £693.00 in April 2025, or £36,359 over a year. It is the 16th highest of 22 in Wales, and 3.7% less than across Wales. For full-time jobs located in Neath Port Talbot the median is £711.70 a week (+£18.70 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £484.40: a change of +43% before inflation.
Police recorded 9,636 crimes in Neath Port Talbot in the year to March 2026, 67.8 for every 1,000 residents, the 13th highest rate of the 20 council areas in Wales. A year earlier it was 67.2. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 57.4 to 68.6 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 70.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Neath Port Talbot were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.0 points either way; the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Its lowest reading in the series was 66.7% and its highest 73.5%.
The ONS estimates that 142,028 people lived in Neath Port Talbot in mid-2025, a change of -0.4% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 1.7%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole, close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (13th fastest growth). The series peaked at 142,627 in mid-2024.
In August 2026, 2,800 people in Neath Port Talbot were on the claimant count, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.4% in Wales. Twelve months before, it was 3.1%. The five-year high was 4.5% (August 2021); the low was 2.9% (January 2024).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 139,704 |
| 2016 | 141,000 |
| 2017 | 141,022 |
| 2018 | 141,342 |
| 2019 | 141,385 |
| 2020 | 142,308 |
| 2021 | 141,934 |
| 2022 | 142,119 |
| 2023 | 141,747 |
| 2024 | 142,627 |
| 2025 | 142,028 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £97,736 |
| July 2017 | £97,294 |
| July 2018 | £102,360 |
| July 2019 | £108,270 |
| July 2020 | £114,240 |
| July 2021 | £128,996 |
| July 2022 | £147,166 |
| July 2023 | £152,750 |
| July 2024 | £157,340 |
| July 2025 | £163,422 |
| July 2026 | £168,082 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £484.40 a week |
| 2016 | £480.80 a week |
| 2017 | £502.00 a week |
| 2018 | £498.40 a week |
| 2019 | £522.90 a week |
| 2020 | £549.40 a week |
| 2021 | £593.80 a week |
| 2022 | £610.90 a week |
| 2023 | £645.00 a week |
| 2024 | £703.00 a week |
| 2025 | £693.00 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 57.4 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 58.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 61.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 68.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 68.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 61.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 68.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 67.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 67.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 67.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 66.7% |
| 2016/17 | 70.7% |
| 2017/18 | 67.5% |
| 2018/19 | 71.8% |
| 2019/20 | 73.5% |
| 2020/21 | 71.2% |
| 2021/22 | 72.4% |
| 2022/23 | 71.1% |
| 2023/24 | 70.9% |
| 2024/25 | 70.7% |
| 2025/26 | 70.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,840 |
| 2017 | 3,880 |
| 2018 | 3,810 |
| 2019 | 3,870 |
| 2020 | 3,855 |
| 2021 | 3,935 |
| 2022 | 4,015 |
| 2023 | 4,005 |
| 2024 | 3,840 |
| 2025 | 3,870 |
| 2026 | 3,950 |
Questions about Neath Port Talbot
How much is Band D council tax in Neath Port Talbot?
£2,541.39 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
What is the average house price in Neath Port Talbot?
£168,082 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.9% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Neath Port Talbot?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.5 years for men and 81.4 for women.
What is the average salary in Neath Port Talbot?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Neath Port Talbot was £693.00 a week in April 2025 (£36,359 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in Neath Port Talbot?
Home Office figures show 9,636 offences in the year to March 2026, or 67.8 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Neath Port Talbot?
The ONS estimates 142,028 people lived in Neath Port Talbot in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Neath Port Talbot?
The ONS claimant count was 2,800 in August 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Neath Port Talbot
Every body that makes decisions for Neath Port Talbot, 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
- Neath Port Talbot council this page
- Neath Port Talbot in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- South Wales Police police force
- Swansea Bay 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
- Aberafan Maesteg: Stephen Kinnock (Labour) MP
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe: David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Neath and Swansea East: Carolyn Harris (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 · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Flintshire · Pembrokeshire · Powys · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham
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