Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:55 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:17 am – 4:06 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People7,648 residentsin the Treorchy census areaMedian age 44.13,388 households73% of homes owner-occupied47% owned outright8% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.8% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 3,202 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 12%, construction 12%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 67% go by car, 4% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle46% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher24% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month February: highs 6°C, lows 1°C2,503 mm of rain a year, 83 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December49 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesYstradfechan Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 4 haGelli Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 2 haCaermawr Allotmentallotments · under a mileParc Treherbert Treherbert Parkpark · 1.6 miBlaenllechau Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 8 haMaerdy Parkplaying field · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes90 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 17 Feb 201816 mi away, Cwmllynfell, NptMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202649 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 5.2 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 7.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,727 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation160 m525 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 151 to 474 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMaesteg General Hospital7.8 miGP surgeryForest View Medical Centre2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots11 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistBryant Dental Practice Limitedright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools12 primary, 2 secondaryPrimaryTreorchy Primary408 pupilsright hereSecondaryTreorchy Comprehensive School1,433 pupilsunder a milePrimaryParc Primary School241 pupilsunder a mileSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL19 miRailway stationTreorchyunder a mileBus stationTonypandy Bus Station Stand A13.1 miFerrySwansea Queens Dock Ferry TerminalSwansea Ferry Terminal18 miBus stops42 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CF42 postcode district.
