Overview for Castle Street, MAESTEG, CF34 0AW
Introduction
Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2011, Maesteg had a population of 20,612. The English translation of Maesteg is 'fair field'.
Historically a part of Glamorgan, the growth of the town started with the opening of ironworks in the 1820s and 1830s. Once a coal mining area, the last pit closed in 1985. With the decline of the coal industry and, more recently, the closure of one large factory producing cosmetics and another manufacturing vehicle components, the valley has become a residential/dormitory area for the Port Talbot, Bridgend and Cardiff journey to work areas. 11% (1,867 out of 20,702) of the town's population speak Welsh with 27.9% of 3-15 year olds speaking the language. It is one of the few areas of Wales where the traditional Mari Lwyd is still celebrated during Christmas.
The community of Maesteg had a population of 17,580 in the 2011 census and includes Nantyffyllon. The built-up area having a population of 21,000.
Summary for Castle Street, MAESTEG, CF34 0AW
Roadworks near CF34 0AW
A local roadworks feed is not available for Wales at this time.
However, Traffic Wales/Traffig Cymru provide works details for motorways and major trunk roads in Wales on their website at traffic.wales/roadworks
Road Safety near CF34 0AW
Details of personal injury accidents in and around Castle Street, CF34 0AW that have been reported to South Wales Police over the past 20 years.
Traffic Levels near CF34 0AW
View traffic levels near Castle Street, CF34 0AW from official Department for Transport counts.
Images taken near to Castle Street, CF34 0AW and the surrounding area
Please click the More button for more images, licensing and image copyright information.
Police
This area is policed by South Wales Police.
South Wales Police split their policing area into 230 separate neighbourhoods and this postcode is in the Maesteg West neighbourhood.
Maesteg West Neighbourhood Crime
Top 3 Categories
For full details of all categories together with more crime information, click on the Details button.
Member of UK Parliament
This postcode is in the Ogmore parliamentary constituency.
Ogmore is a constituency in Wales. The seat has been held by Chris Elmore (Labour) since May 2016.
Most Recent House Sales for Castle Street, CF34 0AW
14 Apr 2023
1 Jul 2005
6 Feb 2004
3 Dec 2003
Local Petrol Station Prices
Coordinates for CF34 0AW
Residents at CF34 0AW
Sunrise and Sunset at CF34 0AW
Traffic Emission and Congestion Zones
Historical Weather Summary
| Clear | 18.60% |
| Cloudy | 60.12% |
| Rain | 9.97% |
| Windy | 10.71% |
| Other | 0.60% |
Population
Deprivation Index
the more deprived the postcode
Average Energy Performance
Companies Registered at CF34 0AW
Postcode Details for CF34 0AW
Recent Updates
|
18 Apr 2024 Added Traffic Camera Views from Traffic Scotland to Roadworks within Scotland |
|
15 Apr 2024 Schools Data updated for April 2024 |
|
10 Apr 2024 Companies Data updated for March 2024 |
|
7 Apr 2024 New option to receive automatic updates to roadworks that affect you |
|
7 Apr 2024 Police and Crime data updated for February 2024 |
|
3 Apr 2024 Sold House Price data updated for February 2024 |
|
30 Mar 2024 Energy Performance Certificates (England and Wales) updated February 2024 |
|
28 Mar 2024 New feature to use Geolocating functions to detect your current location |
Random Postcodes
Want an idea of what is in our extensive website? Try somewhere completely random!
The Rural/Urban classification is based upon data collected during the 2011 Census and released in August 2013 and is categorised into 6 distinct classes.
[A] Urban Major conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the major conurbation settlement category.
[B] Urban Minor conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the minor conurbation settlement category.
[C] Urban City and town: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the city and town settlement category.
[D] Rural Town and fringe
[E] Rural Village
[F] Rural Hamlet and isolated dwelling
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation.
The index is based on 39 separate indicators across seven distinct domains (Income; Employment; Health and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment) to provide an overall measure of multiple deprivation and is calculated for every neighbourhood.
The index is relative rather than an absolute scale and so a neighbourhood with a score of 10 is more deprived than one rated 20, but this does not equate to being twice as deprived.
Please note: Different indices are used in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and so comparison of scores from neighbourhoods in different countries should not be undertaken.
These figures report on incorporated UK companies only that are registered at this postcode and do not include sole-traders, partnerships or overseas organisations.
The population figure shown for your area are an estimate provided by the Office for National Statistics and is rounded to the nearest 1,000.
The estimates are derived from the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts.
There are 55 unitary authorities. They provide all local government services in their areas. These are mainly in the cities, urban areas and larger towns although there are now 6 shire county councils that are unitary (ie have no district councils beneath them).
