Pen-y-bont
Suburb · 42 residents
59Good
Good · better than 5 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Schools scores 81, well above the typical 60
- 53% of residents live within five minutes of a park
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 26, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Pen-y-bont
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Pen-y-bont a good place to live?
Pen-y-bont scores 59/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (81) and environment (80).
It scores lowest on food & drink (26).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Pen-y-bont in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Pen-y-bont
Terraced rows dominate the streets here, small Victorian-era fronts in solid brick, almost all owned outright rather than rented, and the "For Sale" boards that go up tend to come down again quickly for a modest, unremarkable sum. This is not a place of new-builds or show homes — it's a settled, working terrace suburb where people tend to stay rather than pass through, and the median age in the low forties tells you it's mostly established households rather than a churn of young renters.
On paper the numbers pull in different directions, and that's worth sitting with rather than smoothing over. Pen-y-bont sits in the third decile for deprivation in Wales, among the more deprived areas nationally, yet the overall grade profile reads more like a comfortable, well-kept suburb — strong marks for environment and affordability, a solid B+ for health and schools, and safety graded top of the range. The one grade that jars against that pattern is nightlife, marked down at C+, which fits a place built around families and routine rather than evenings out. House prices back up the affordability story: a median around £129,000 sits well below the Welsh average of roughly £208,000, and terraced homes here trade noticeably cheaper than the Welsh terrace median too. Against its parent authority, Blaenau Gwent, prices sit only fractionally higher, so this isn't a suburb commanding a premium over its surroundings — it's priced in line with a modest local economy.