Pembrokeshire: local statistics
Pembrokeshire is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 125,849 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 Pembrokeshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Average Band D council tax in Pembrokeshire is £2,166.15 for 2026-27, up £106.33 on 2025-26. That makes it the 18th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Pembrokeshire took home £736.30 a week before tax, or £36,438 over a year. It is the 6th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales, and 2.4% more than across Wales. Jobs based in Pembrokeshire paid a median £711.30 a week, £25.00 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £466.20: a change of +58% before inflation.
Life expectancy at birth in Pembrokeshire is 83.1 years for women and 78.8 years for men (2022 to 2024) (Wales: 82.2 and 78.3). For women that is 0.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.7 less. It is the 6th highest for women of 22 in Wales.
The ONS estimates that 125,849 people lived in Pembrokeshire in mid-2025, a change of +0.1% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +3.4%; Wales grew by 3.3% over the same years, 8th of 22 in Wales, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The ONS counted 6,615 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Pembrokeshire in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. That is 53 for every 1,000 residents, 5th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest.
3.4% of Pembrokeshire residents aged 16 to 64 (2,440 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. A year earlier the rate was 3.2%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.8% in September 2023.
An estimated 74.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Pembrokeshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.3 points either way, against 72.1% across Wales. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.2% to 75.8%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Pembrokeshire at £208,615 for July 2026, a fall of 4.7% in twelve months. It ranks as close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (12th highest) (average for Wales: £215,037). Since July 2016 prices have risen 44%; the July high in the series was £220,249 in 2022. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Pembrokeshire (£36,438) gives a ratio of 5.7. That ratio is mid-table in Wales, 13th of 22.
The police recorded 72.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Pembrokeshire in the year to March 2026 (9,094 offences in all), close to the middle of the 20 council areas in Wales (10th highest rate). That compares with 75.4 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 38.0 to 96.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 121,721 |
| 2016 | 121,438 |
| 2017 | 121,382 |
| 2018 | 121,194 |
| 2019 | 121,432 |
| 2020 | 122,572 |
| 2021 | 123,633 |
| 2022 | 124,388 |
| 2023 | 125,075 |
| 2024 | 125,670 |
| 2025 | 125,849 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £144,935 |
| July 2017 | £153,400 |
| July 2018 | £155,953 |
| July 2019 | £163,931 |
| July 2020 | £163,989 |
| July 2021 | £191,744 |
| July 2022 | £220,249 |
| July 2023 | £211,031 |
| July 2024 | £212,484 |
| July 2025 | £218,823 |
| July 2026 | £208,615 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £466.20 a week |
| 2016 | £456.70 a week |
| 2017 | £458.00 a week |
| 2018 | £460.40 a week |
| 2019 | £488.50 a week |
| 2020 | £499.50 a week |
| 2021 | £569.40 a week |
| 2022 | £612.60 a week |
| 2023 | £634.30 a week |
| 2024 | £674.90 a week |
| 2025 | £736.30 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 38.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 42.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 52.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 64.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 70.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 70.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 87.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 75.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 72.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 72.1% |
| 2016/17 | 73.7% |
| 2017/18 | 72.2% |
| 2018/19 | 72.5% |
| 2019/20 | 75.8% |
| 2020/21 | 73.0% |
| 2021/22 | 75.1% |
| 2022/23 | 75.1% |
| 2023/24 | 71.2% |
| 2024/25 | 74.1% |
| 2025/26 | 74.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,430 |
| 2017 | 6,430 |
| 2018 | 6,480 |
| 2019 | 6,750 |
| 2020 | 6,825 |
| 2021 | 7,035 |
| 2022 | 6,700 |
| 2023 | 6,650 |
| 2024 | 6,645 |
| 2025 | 6,620 |
| 2026 | 6,615 |
Questions about Pembrokeshire
How much is Band D council tax in Pembrokeshire?
The Welsh Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,166.15 for 2026-27.
What is the average salary in Pembrokeshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Pembrokeshire was £736.30 a week in April 2025 (£36,438 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Pembrokeshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.8 years for men and 83.1 for women.
What is the population of Pembrokeshire?
125,849 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Pembrokeshire?
2,440 in August 2026 (3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in Pembrokeshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £208,615.
What is the crime rate in Pembrokeshire?
Home Office figures show 9,094 offences in the year to March 2026, or 72.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Pembrokeshire
Every body that makes decisions for Pembrokeshire, 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
- Pembrokeshire council this page
- Pembrokeshire 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
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire: Henry Tufnell (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 weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK population
- Other council areas in Wales: Conwy · Gwynedd · Neath Port Talbot · Powys · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham
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