Torfaen: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£333,628

Semi-detached

£208,669

Terraced

£165,312

Flat or maisonette

£98,297

First-time buyers

£177,092

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  90,961 in 1991 → 94,119 in 2024 (+3.5%)

  Wales over the same years: +10.9%

• Average house price

  £115,568 in 2005 → £199,184 in 2026 (+72.4%)

  Wales over the same years: +75.1%

• Median weekly pay

  £354 in 2008 → £663 in 2025 (+87.3%)

  Wales over the same years: +73.1%

• Employment rate

  68.7% in 2004 → 76.4% in 2023 (+11.2%)

  Wales over the same years: +6.9%

• Claimant count

  2.6% in 2001 → 3.6% in 2025 (+38.5%)

  Wales over the same years: +13.8%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,396 in 1997 → £20,558 in 2024 (+144.9%)

  Wales over the same years: +131.7%

33 official indicators are published for Torfaen; 26 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Housing affordability · Housing5.1× earnings (April 2025) · 27th lowest of 316
• Home gas use · Environment9,154 kWh (2024/25) · 82nd lowest of 347
• Business births · Economy & work11.8% (2024) · 92nd highest of 361
• Median weekly pay · Economy & work£663 (April 2025) · 124th highest of 359

Where it ranks worst

• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing52.8 years (2022 to 2024) · 190th highest of 195
• Productivity · Economy & work£30.8 per hour (2023) · 335th highest of 361
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing15.4% (2020 to 2024) · 348th lowest of 373
• Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing54.1 years (2022 to 2024) · 182nd highest of 195