Rhondda Cynon Taf

Key figures

12 of 13 measures have a published figure for Rhondda Cynon Taf · no figure for band d council tax as a share of pay. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Rhondda Cynon Taf, not our estimates.

• 1,951 births and 2,802 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 851.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 252.
• International migration (net) added 337 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 12.
• Altogether the population fell by 778 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Rhondda Cynon Taf: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Rhondda Cynon Taf’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Rhondda Cynon Taf moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average house price rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour (2026) — Labour 58, Plaid Cymru 8, Other and independent 6, Conservative 2, Green 1 of 75 seats.

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Rhondda Cynon Taf’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

20,468 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 84.9 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£34,837
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,951people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013234,410people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022237,649people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026234,410people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026237,653people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026234,410people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026237,653people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026237,661people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026234,410people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026237,651people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026234,410people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026237,652people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 3.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20264,780people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263.2%
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,802people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20252,782kWh a year
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202611,027kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 2.6 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20267.4%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 7.4% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£167,559
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-252people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,745people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026337people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,408people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-851people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-12people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025242,844people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 1.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20262.2%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 2.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£753
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 0.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£666

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Rhondda Cynon Taf; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Rhondda Cynon Taf, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £21,2722008→£34,8372025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £21,272 in 2008 to £34,837 in 2025, a change of £13,565 or 63.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £34,837 in 2025 − £21,272 in 2008 = £13,565, which is 63.8% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £21,272 in 2008 to £34,837 in 2025, a change of £13,565 or 63.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4122008→£6662025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £412 in 2008 to £666 in 2025, a change of £254 or 61.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £666 in 2025 − £412 in 2008 = £254, which is 61.5% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 665.50 and 412.00, and 665.50 − 412.00 = 253.50.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £412 in 2008 to £666 in 2025, a change of £254 or 61.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 295Year to mid-2012→-252Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, net internal migration by local authority fell from 295 in Year to mid-2012 to -252 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 547 or 185.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -252 in Year to mid-2025 − 295 in Year to mid-2012 = −547, which is 185.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, net internal migration by local authority fell from 295 in Year to mid-2012 to -252 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 547 or 185.4% (ONS).

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• 959Year to mid-2012→1,745Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, international migration into a local authority rose from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,745 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 786 or 82.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,745 in Year to mid-2025 − 959 in Year to mid-2012 = 786, which is 82.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, international migration into a local authority rose from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,745 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 786 or 82.0% (ONS).

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• 709Year to mid-2012→1,408Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, international migration out of a local authority rose from 709 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,408 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 699 or 98.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,408 in Year to mid-2025 − 709 in Year to mid-2012 = 699, which is 98.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, international migration out of a local authority rose from 709 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,408 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 699 or 98.6% (ONS).

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• 250Year to mid-2012→337Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, net international migration by local authority rose from 250 in Year to mid-2012 to 337 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 87 or 34.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  337 in Year to mid-2025 − 250 in Year to mid-2012 = 87, which is 34.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, net international migration by local authority rose from 250 in Year to mid-2012 to 337 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 87 or 34.8% (ONS).

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• 2,879Year to mid-2012→1,951Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, births by local authority fell from 2,879 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,951 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 928 or 32.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,951 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,879 in Year to mid-2012 = −928, which is 32.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, births by local authority fell from 2,879 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,951 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 928 or 32.2% (ONS).

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• 2,397Year to mid-2012→2,802Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, deaths by local authority rose from 2,397 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,802 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 405 or 16.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,802 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,397 in Year to mid-2012 = 405, which is 16.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, deaths by local authority rose from 2,397 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,802 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 405 or 16.9% (ONS).

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• 482Year to mid-2012→-851Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 482 in Year to mid-2012 to -851 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,333 or 276.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -851 in Year to mid-2025 − 482 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,333, which is 276.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 482 in Year to mid-2012 to -851 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,333 or 276.6% (ONS).

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• -129Year to mid-2012→-12Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, other population change by local authority rose from -129 in Year to mid-2012 to -12 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 117 or 90.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -12 in Year to mid-2025 − -129 in Year to mid-2012 = 117, which is 90.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Rhondda Cynon Taf, other population change by local authority rose from -129 in Year to mid-2012 to -12 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 117 or 90.7% (ONS).

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Compare Rhondda Cynon Taf with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Rhondda Cynon Taf and Birmingham
• Rhondda Cynon Taf and Leeds
• Rhondda Cynon Taf and North Yorkshire
• Rhondda Cynon Taf and Somerset
• Rhondda Cynon Taf and Cornwall
• Rhondda Cynon Taf and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

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Areas like Rhondda Cynon Taf

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Rhondda Cynon Taf’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Rhondda Cynon Taf said then and says now, with the periods named. Rhondda Cynon Taf since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Rhondda Cynon Taf are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.