Councils compared

How Wales's councils compare: how busy and well attended their meetings are, and what kind of places they serve. Select a column heading to sort.

Council	Councillors	Meetings	Attendance	Band D council tax	Budget per person	Welsh speakers	Most deprived	Rural	Second homes
Anglesey	–	Not loaded yet	Not loaded yet	£2,261	£3,637	55%	5%	80%	–
Blaenau Gwent	33	85	83%	£2,531	£3,641	6%	20%	9%	Very few
Bridgend	51	104	86%	£2,478	£3,383	9%	7%	20%	Very few
Caerphilly	68	303	–	£2,083	£3,327	10%	11%	20%	3
Cardiff	79	169	88%	£2,013	£3,159	12%	17%	2%	11
Carmarthenshire	75	240	86%	£2,351	£3,360	40%	5%	49%	7
Ceredigion	38	95	85%	£2,419	£3,541	46%	2%	76%	49
Conwy	54	125	84%	£2,473	£3,406	26%	6%	27%	24
Denbighshire	48	89	–	£2,339	£3,644	23%	12%	52%	7
Flintshire	66	128	–	£2,376	£3,060	12%	7%	29%	4
Gwynedd	69	161	85%	£2,469	£3,853	65%	4%	79%	73
Merthyr Tydfil	30	98	85%	£2,594	£3,661	9%	17%	8%	10
Monmouthshire	46	176	91%	£2,416	£2,888	9%	0%	47%	4
Neath Port Talbot	60	215	81%	£2,541	£3,715	14%	17%	23%	8
Newport	51	226	78%	£2,088	£3,409	8%	18%	12%	Very few
Pembrokeshire	60	198	88%	£2,166	£3,198	18%	6%	76%	44
Powys	68	279	85%	£2,352	£3,391	16%	1%	87%	21
Rhondda Cynon Taf	75	154	84%	£2,289	£3,588	12%	13%	6%	4
Swansea	75	211	79%	£2,238	£3,380	11%	13%	13%	7
Torfaen	40	141	69%	£2,156	£3,330	8%	8%	8%	Very few
Vale of Glamorgan	54	117	–	£2,232	£3,140	11%	9%	17%	5
Wrexham	56	108	–	£2,309	£3,069	12%	5%	32%	Very few

What the columns mean

Councillors: Councillors on the council now.
Meetings: Meetings held in the last 12 months. Shown only where Local Record holds the council's meetings for the whole year.
Attendance: Of the meetings councillors were expected at as members in the last 12 months, the share they attended. Sending a substitute counts as an absence; attending as someone else's substitute isn't counted. Not shown for the Vale of Glamorgan, whose minutes don't record absences. Councils record attendance in different ways, so small differences mean little.
Band D council tax: Average Band D council tax this year, including the police and community councils. StatsWales.
Budget per person: What the council plans to spend on its services this year, per person living in the area. StatsWales.
Welsh speakers: Average share of people aged 3 and over able to speak Welsh across the area's neighbourhoods, Census 2021. This can differ from the council-wide census figure by up to a point.
Most deprived: Share of the area's neighbourhoods among the 10% most deprived in Wales (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025). One in ten would be average.
Rural: Share of neighbourhoods classed as rural in the ONS 2021 Rural Urban Classification: rural towns and their fringes, villages, hamlets and open countryside.
Second homes: Second homes per 1,000 homes on the council tax list in the typical part of the area, March 2023 (August 2023 for Swansea and Pembrokeshire). "Very few" means most areas' figures were withheld because the numbers were very small.

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Not loaded yet

£2,261

£3,637

55%

80%

–

Blaenau Gwent

83%

£2,531

£3,641

20%

Very few

Bridgend

104

86%

£2,478

£3,383

20%

Very few

Caerphilly

303

–

£2,083

£3,327

10%

11%

20%

Cardiff

169

88%

£2,013

£3,159

12%

17%

Carmarthenshire

240

86%

£2,351

£3,360

40%

49%

Ceredigion

85%

£2,419

£3,541

46%

76%

Conwy

125

84%

£2,473

£3,406

26%

27%

Denbighshire

–

£2,339

£3,644

23%

12%

52%

Flintshire

128

–

£2,376

£3,060

12%

29%

Gwynedd

161

85%

£2,469

£3,853

65%

79%

Merthyr Tydfil

85%

£2,594

£3,661

17%

Monmouthshire

176

91%

£2,416

£2,888

47%

Neath Port Talbot

215

81%

£2,541

£3,715

14%

17%

23%

Newport

226

78%

£2,088

£3,409

18%

12%

Very few

Pembrokeshire

198

88%

£2,166

£3,198

18%

76%

Powys

279

85%

£2,352

£3,391

16%

87%

Rhondda Cynon Taf

154

84%

£2,289

£3,588

12%

13%

Swansea

211

79%

£2,238

£3,380

11%

13%

Torfaen

141

69%

£2,156

£3,330

Very few

Vale of Glamorgan

117

–

£2,232

£3,140

11%

17%

Wrexham

108

–

£2,309

£3,069

12%

32%

Very few

What the columns mean

Councillors

Councillors on the council now.

Meetings

Meetings held in the last 12 months. Shown only where Local Record holds the council's meetings for the whole year.

Attendance

Of the meetings councillors were expected at as members in the last 12 months, the share they attended. Sending a substitute counts as an absence; attending as someone else's substitute isn't counted. Not shown for the Vale of Glamorgan, whose minutes don't record absences. Councils record attendance in different ways, so small differences mean little.

Band D council tax

Average Band D council tax this year, including the police and community councils. StatsWales.

Budget per person

What the council plans to spend on its services this year, per person living in the area. StatsWales.

Welsh speakers

Average share of people aged 3 and over able to speak Welsh across the area's neighbourhoods, Census 2021. This can differ from the council-wide census figure by up to a point.

Most deprived

Share of the area's neighbourhoods among the 10% most deprived in Wales (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025). One in ten would be average.

Rural

Share of neighbourhoods classed as rural in the ONS 2021 Rural Urban Classification: rural towns and their fringes, villages, hamlets and open countryside.

Second homes

Second homes per 1,000 homes on the council tax list in the typical part of the area, March 2023 (August 2023 for Swansea and Pembrokeshire). "Very few" means most areas' figures were withheld because the numbers were very small.