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Bridgend
Local Authority · Wales · population ~148k
Affordable housing but a high council tax bill. Bridgend's median house price is 5.6 times median annual pay, a multiple below the Wales average, and rents take a manageable 23% of gross earnings. However, Band D council tax is significantly higher than the Welsh median at £2,478, ranking among the highest in Wales. Recorded crime is slightly below the Wales median at 70.7 per 1,000. Bridgend offers a clear trade-off for those prioritising property affordability over ongoing local tax costs, with earnings also sitting above the Welsh average.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Bridgend ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£38,360/yr
Mid
Worse than 57% of UK LAs
House price
£215,000
Affordable
Better than 75% of UK LAs
Rent
£736/mo
Most affordable
Better than 84% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,478/yr
Expensive
Worse than 63% of UK LAs
Crime
70.7/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
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no data
Schools
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no data
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Bridgend, see the official Estyn site.
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