The Vale of Glamorgan: local statistics
The Vale of Glamorgan is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 135,362 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 the Vale of Glamorgan, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in the Vale of Glamorgan cost £303,112 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 6.2% on a year before. It ranks as the 2nd highest of the 22 council areas in Wales; the average for Wales was £215,037. Prices are 49% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 7.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in the Vale of Glamorgan. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio of the 22 council areas in Wales.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in the Vale of Glamorgan took home £791.00 a week before tax (£38,656 a year). It is the 2nd highest of the 22 council areas in Wales, and 10.0% more than across Wales. Jobs based in the Vale of Glamorgan paid a median £675.80 a week, £115.20 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £529.10, so it has risen 49% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in the Vale of Glamorgan had a life expectancy at birth of 83.9 years; for men it was 80.3 (Wales: 82.2 and 78.3). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.7 years for women and +0.8 for men. It is the 2nd highest for women of the 22 council areas in Wales.
The Vale of Glamorgan had an estimated 135,362 residents in mid-2025, unchanged on a year earlier. That is 9,101 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 7.2%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole, the 3rd fastest growth in Wales. No earlier year in the series was higher.
Police recorded 8,258 crimes in the Vale of Glamorgan in the year to March 2026, 61.0 for every 1,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of 20 in Wales. That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 65.6, in the year to March 2020. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in the Vale of Glamorgan pays an average of £2,231.54 in council tax in 2026-27, 6.6% more than in 2025-26. It is the 17th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales.
In August 2026, 2,690 people in the Vale of Glamorgan were on the claimant count, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. Twelve months before, it was 3.1%. The five-year high was 4.2% (August 2021); the low was 2.8% (November 2023).
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 74.5% of Vale of Glamorgan residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 4.3 points); the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.6% and its highest 80.4%.
The ONS counted 5,220 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in the Vale of Glamorgan in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. There are 39 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (12th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 126,261 |
| 2016 | 127,082 |
| 2017 | 128,377 |
| 2018 | 129,165 |
| 2019 | 129,802 |
| 2020 | 131,224 |
| 2021 | 132,491 |
| 2022 | 133,553 |
| 2023 | 134,607 |
| 2024 | 135,311 |
| 2025 | 135,362 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £202,944 |
| July 2017 | £203,318 |
| July 2018 | £213,744 |
| July 2019 | £228,376 |
| July 2020 | £232,000 |
| July 2021 | £242,478 |
| July 2022 | £281,388 |
| July 2023 | £290,740 |
| July 2024 | £286,528 |
| July 2025 | £285,443 |
| July 2026 | £303,112 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £529.10 a week |
| 2016 | £600.90 a week |
| 2017 | £614.60 a week |
| 2018 | £564.30 a week |
| 2019 | £619.20 a week |
| 2020 | £582.20 a week |
| 2021 | £595.60 a week |
| 2022 | £641.90 a week |
| 2023 | £675.50 a week |
| 2024 | £751.80 a week |
| 2025 | £791.00 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 50.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 58.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 61.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 65.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 65.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 57.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 58.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 64.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 65.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 61.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.7% |
| 2016/17 | 73.6% |
| 2017/18 | 74.2% |
| 2018/19 | 80.4% |
| 2019/20 | 74.3% |
| 2020/21 | 71.6% |
| 2021/22 | 79.4% |
| 2022/23 | 77.0% |
| 2023/24 | 76.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73.3% |
| 2025/26 | 74.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,900 |
| 2017 | 5,030 |
| 2018 | 4,985 |
| 2019 | 4,995 |
| 2020 | 5,000 |
| 2021 | 5,090 |
| 2022 | 5,295 |
| 2023 | 5,250 |
| 2024 | 5,195 |
| 2025 | 5,210 |
| 2026 | 5,220 |
Questions about the Vale of Glamorgan
What is the average house price in the Vale of Glamorgan?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £303,112.
What is the average salary in the Vale of Glamorgan?
£791.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in the Vale of Glamorgan?
83.9 years for women and 80.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of the Vale of Glamorgan?
135,362 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in the Vale of Glamorgan?
61.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in the Vale of Glamorgan?
The Welsh Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,231.54 for 2026-27.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in the Vale of Glamorgan?
2,690 in August 2026 (3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
Who has power over Vale of Glamorgan
Every body that makes decisions for Vale of Glamorgan, 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
- Vale of Glamorgan council this page
- Vale of Glamorgan in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Cardiff South and Penarth: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Vale of Glamorgan: Kanishka Narayan (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 average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Gwynedd · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire · Powys · Wrexham
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