What is the average rent in Neath Port Talbot?

The median monthly rent across Neath Port Talbot is £668, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.

Where is the cheapest place to rent in Neath Port Talbot?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Neath Port Talbot by estimated median rent is Neath Port Talbot 021 at approximately £548/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Neath Port Talbot?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Neath Port Talbot is Baglan at 95/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Neath Port Talbot a safe area?

Neath Port Talbot has an average safety score of 59/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.

What is the average salary in Neath Port Talbot?

The median annual resident salary in Neath Port Talbot is £30,709, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Neath Port Talbot, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Neath Port Talbot?

The average property price in Neath Port Talbot is approximately £156,975 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.

What's the rental yield in Neath Port Talbot?

Gross rental yield in Neath Port Talbot is approximately 4.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.

How long does it take to save a deposit in Neath Port Talbot?

Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 2.6 years in Neath Port Talbot. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Neath Port Talbot?

100% of premises in Neath Port Talbot are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.

What's the unemployment rate in Neath Port Talbot?

3.2% of 16-64 residents in Neath Port Talbot are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).

How many neighbourhoods are in Neath Port Talbot?

Neath Port Talbot contains 18 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 90 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

How does Neath Port Talbot compare to other UK areas?

Neath Port Talbot's average liveability score is 76/100. To compare it side-by-side with another local authority, use the comparison tool at /compare. To see how every council area in Wales ranks across rent, safety, schools and transport, see /gb/wales.

City · Wales

Living in Neath Port Talbot

18 neighbourhoods · 90 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

0.72× nat.

28% below nat. avg · 72.1 / 1k / yr · #201 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

% rated Good/Outstanding

Commute to hub

62 min

#135 of 318 cities

Jobs density

0.34

#260 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£668/mo

+9.2% YoY · #13 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Estimated (Band D)

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Neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

18 neighbourhoods · 90 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Neath Port Talbot 021	£548	+9.2%	67	61
Glynneath	£590	+9.2%	69	74
Briton Ferry	£603	+9.2%	85	38
Cwmafan & Bryn	£603	+9.2%	82	72
Neath South	£611	+9.2%	81	31
Port Talbot East	£612	+9.2%	94	57
Neath Town	£617	+9.2%	92	31
Aberafan	£623	+9.2%	77	21
Dulais Valley	£635	+9.2%	44	49
Ystalyfera & Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen	£640	+9.2%	58	59
Sandfields	£652	+9.2%	78	44
Baglan	£664	+9.2%	95	71
Port Talbot South & Margam	£666	+9.2%	82	52
Cimla	£668	+9.2%	84	85
Skewen & Jersey Marine	£692	+9.2%	94	69
Pontardawe	£781	+9.2%	51	79
Neath Abbey	£794	+9.2%	72	72
Cadoxton & Bryn-coch	£817	+9.2%	81	89

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Neath Port Talbot

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Neath Port Talbot. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Neath Port Talbot median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Neath Port Talbot.

Avg rent

£668/mo

#13 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

—

Sale price

£157,750

+1.4% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

2.6 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£485/mo

2 bed£614/mo

3 bed£701/mo

4 bed£951/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£246,008

Semi-detached£159,981

Terraced£132,357

Flat£79,699

Affordability

Price-to-earnings5.2×

Rent / take-home26%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)—

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£842/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Neath Port Talbot

Crime in Neath Port Talbot runs at 28% below the national average. Below median (#201 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 72.1, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr

72.1

#201 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

32.9

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

1.4

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

10.3

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area

All crime categories

incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low

Violent & sexual offences

32.9

Anti-social behaviour

10.3

Public order

8.1

Criminal damage & arson

5.8

Other theft

3.6

Shoplifting

2.6

Other crime

2.1

Vehicle crime

1.7

Drugs

1.7

Burglary

1.4

Robbery

0.7

Possession of weapons

0.7

Theft from the person

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.6

Safest neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot

by safety score (higher = safer)

Cadoxton & Bryn-coch89/100

Cimla85/100

Pontardawe79/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Neath Port Talbot

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this council area.

Good or Outstanding

—

Outstanding only

—

Good w/in 2 km

#288 of 318 cities

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Schools rated

—

School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools

Ofsted rating distribution

Outstanding (count)—

Good (count)—

Requires improvement—

Inadequate—

Best neighbourhoods for schools in Neath Port Talbot

by school score

Sandfields0/100

Aberafan0/100

Cadoxton & Bryn-coch0/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Neath Port Talbot

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub

62 min

#135 of 318 cities

To Cardiff

62 min

Median across local areas

To Bristol

138 min

Median across local areas

To London

175 min

Median across local areas

Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods

Commute to major UK cities

public transport, off-peak typical

Cardiff

62 min

Bristol

138 min

London

175 min

Birmingham

213 min

Manchester

263 min

Sheffield

295 min

Liverpool

328 min

Leeds

352 min

Glasgow

482 min

Edinburgh

487 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car68%Public2%Active6%WFH20%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot

by transport score

Neath Town92/100

Port Talbot East92/100

Skewen & Jersey Marine82/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot has 0.34 jobs per resident locally. Bottom quartile

Jobs per resident

0.34

#260 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Drive to 5,000+ jobs

—

PT to 5,000+ jobs

—

5y jobs growth

-3.6%

ONS Jobs Density · 2024

Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area

Reachable jobs by mode

Drive — 100 jobs—

PT — 100 jobs—

Drive — 500 jobs—

PT — 500 jobs—

Drive — 5,000 jobs—

PT — 5,000 jobs—

Local job mix by sector

ONS BRES, % of local jobs

Retail & hospitality

18.5%

Manufacturing

17.6%

Health & social care

15.4%

Education

8.8%

Construction

4.6%

Professional & business svcs

3.0%

Tech & ICT

1.1%

Finance & insurance

0.7%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Neath Port Talbot

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Neath Port Talbot?: The median monthly rent across Neath Port Talbot is £668, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Neath Port Talbot?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Neath Port Talbot by estimated median rent is Neath Port Talbot 021 at approximately £548/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Neath Port Talbot?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Neath Port Talbot is Baglan at 95/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Neath Port Talbot a safe area?: Neath Port Talbot has an average safety score of 59/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is the average salary in Neath Port Talbot?: The median annual resident salary in Neath Port Talbot is £30,709, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Neath Port Talbot, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Neath Port Talbot?: The average property price in Neath Port Talbot is approximately £156,975 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Neath Port Talbot?: Gross rental yield in Neath Port Talbot is approximately 4.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Neath Port Talbot?: Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 2.6 years in Neath Port Talbot. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Neath Port Talbot?: 100% of premises in Neath Port Talbot are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Neath Port Talbot?: 3.2% of 16-64 residents in Neath Port Talbot are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Neath Port Talbot?: Neath Port Talbot contains 18 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 90 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
How does Neath Port Talbot compare to other UK areas?: Neath Port Talbot's average liveability score is 76/100. To compare it side-by-side with another local authority, use the comparison tool at /compare. To see how every council area in Wales ranks across rent, safety, schools and transport, see /gb/wales.

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All sub-areas in Neath Port Talbot

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