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Cwarter Bach

Ward

East Carmarthenshire. About 2,909 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 32 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 23% of people in Cwarter Bach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,853
Joint 954th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
23%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cwarter Bach compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Cwarter BachMiddle
Population51 wards, Carmarthenshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Carmarthenshire51 areas from 1,749 to 9,107. The middle area is 2,863. Cwarter Bach is 2,853.
2,85325th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares51 wards, Carmarthenshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Carmarthenshire51 areas from 6.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Cwarter Bach is 23.0%.
23%joint 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage51 wards, Carmarthenshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Carmarthenshire51 areas from 8.0% to 97.4%. The middle area is 79.3%. Cwarter Bach is 84.8%.
84.8%joint 21st highest
Claimant rate51 wards, Carmarthenshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Carmarthenshire51 areas from 1.1% to 6.3%. The middle area is 2.7%. Cwarter Bach is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 17th highest

Is Cwarter Bach safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cwarter Bach at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.7 per 1,000 people across Carmarthenshire.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cwarter Bach.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (109), other crime (42) and drug offences (10).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Carmarthenshire

These figures are published for the whole of Carmarthenshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Carmarthenshire and not Cwarter Bach alone. See Carmarthenshire

Average house price
£195,263
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,405
138th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.2×
Joint 53rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
190,037
Down 0.2% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Cwarter Bach in brief

Cwarter Bach had 2,853 usual residents at the census.

About 23% of people in Cwarter Bach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cwarter Bach, 84.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cwarter Bach, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.