Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:52 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:19 am – 4:03 pm
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People8,461 residentsin the Hay-on-Wye & Talgarth census areaMedian age 52.63,957 households69% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright12% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.4% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 4,083 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 14%, farming, forestry and fishing 11%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 53% go by car, 9% walk or cycle44% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,103 mm of rain a year, 33 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December53 days of air frost, 7 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)
Nearby landmarksErwood Suspension Bridgehistoric site · under a mileSalmon Poollake · 1.3 miSt Teilo's Poollake · 1.6 miLittle Mountainmountain · 3.0 miTwyn y Garthhill · under a mileCwm Cativalley · under a mileCwm Huddigvalley · 1.2 miTrewern Hillhill · 1.7 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesErwood Commonpark · within reachSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes104 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199028 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202620 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 1.7 · PM2.5 4.3 · PM10 6.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband34% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband84% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.8% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,223 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation124 m407 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 102 to 259 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL47 miRailway stationCilmeriCilmery7.8 miBus stationBrecon Interchange 19.5 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LD2 postcode district.
