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Caerphilly: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Caerphilly County Borough Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code W06000018.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Average Band D council tax in Caerphilly for 2026–27: £2,082.88 a year. Of that, £1,658.17 is set by the council, £403.53 by the police and, on average, £21.18 by community councils.

Every band
Caerphilly: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027, including police and average community council
BandA year
A-£1,157.16
A£1,388.59
B£1,620.02
C£1,851.45
D£2,082.88
E£2,545.74
F£3,008.60
G£3,471.47
H£4,165.76
I£4,860.05

Including the police and the average community council charge; band A− is for homes in band A that qualify for disabled band reduction. Source: Welsh Government, Council tax levels by billing authority and band (Open Government Licence).

Source: Welsh Government, Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority (Open Government Licence). Your own bill depends on your band, your community council and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Caerphilly reported it to the Welsh Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Wales.

Caerphilly: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£246.3 million
Social services£176.0 million
Council fund housing£53.3 million
Local environmental services£30.7 million
Roads and transport£24.2 million
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation£18.3 million
Planning, economic and community development£3.7 million
Local tax collection£1.0 million
Debt financing costs£11.9 million
Law, order and protective servicesnone budgeted
Central administration£10.0 million
Other revenue expenditure£13.1 million
Revenue expenditure£588.5 million

Revenue expenditure: the cost of running each service in the year, as the Welsh Government collects it.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Welsh Government, Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service (Open Government Licence).

Life in Caerphilly: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Caerphilly.

People living here
176,078 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
43 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£20,773 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£599 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
26.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£198,545 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
5.4 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
56.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
58.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
3.9 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
89.7% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
108.0 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
4,385 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Caerphilly from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

69 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 42, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 19, Independent / Other 7, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Risca East ward (19 November 2026).

All 69 councillors, by ward
  • Charlotte Bishop (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Aber Valley
  • John Roberts (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Aber Valley
  • John Taylor (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Aber Valley
  • Chris Bissex-Foster (Labour Party) — Aberbargoed and Bargoed
  • Dawn Ingram-Jones (Labour Party) — Aberbargoed and Bargoed
  • Tudor Davies (Labour Party) — Aberbargoed and Bargoed
  • Andrew Whitcombe (Labour Party) — Abercarn
  • Denver Preece (Labour Party) — Abercarn
  • Walter Williams (Labour Party) — Argoed
  • Elizabeth Aldworth (Labour Party) — Bedwas and Trethomas
  • Jill Winslade (Labour Party) — Bedwas and Trethomas
  • Lisa Phipps (Labour Party) — Bedwas and Trethomas
  • Andrew Farina-Childs (Independent / Other) — Blackwood
  • Kevin Etheridge (Independent / Other) — Blackwood
  • Nigel Dix (Independent / Other) — Blackwood
  • Marina Chacon-Dawson (Labour Party) — Cefn Fforest and Pengam
  • Shane Williams (Labour Party) — Cefn Fforest and Pengam
  • Teresa Heron (Labour Party) — Cefn Fforest and Pengam
  • Julian Simmonds (Labour Party) — Crosskeys
  • Carl Thomas (Labour Party) — Crumlin
  • Kristian Woodland (Labour Party) — Crumlin
  • Robert Chapman (Labour Party) — Darran Valley
  • Carol Andrews (Labour Party) — Gilfach
  • Donna Cushing (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Hengoed
  • Teresa Parry (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Hengoed
  • Colin Mann (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Llanbradach
  • Gary Enright (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Llanbradach
  • Amanda McConnell (Labour Party) — Machen and Rudry
  • Chris Morgan (Labour Party) — Machen and Rudry
  • Jo Rao (Labour Party) — Maesycwmmer
  • Anne Broughton-Pettit (Labour Party) — Morgan Jones
  • James Pritchard (Labour Party) — Morgan Jones
  • Shayne Cook (Labour Party) — Morgan Jones
  • David Harse (Labour Party) — Moriah and Pontlottyn
  • Mansel Powell (Labour Party) — Moriah and Pontlottyn
  • Brenda Miles (Independent / Other) — Nelson
  • Sean Morgan (Green Party (E&W)) — Nelson
  • Eluned Stenner (Labour Party) — New Tredegar
  • Mark Evans (Labour Party) — New Tredegar
  • Adrian Hussey (Labour Party) — Newbridge
  • Gary Johnston (Labour Party) — Newbridge
  • Leeroy Jeremiah (Labour Party) — Newbridge
  • Elizabeth Davies (Labour Party) — Penmaen
  • Roy Saralis (Labour Party) — Penmaen
  • Aneurin Minton (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Penyrheol
  • Greg Ead (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Penyrheol
  • Jon Scriven (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Penyrheol
  • Steve Skivens (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Penyrheol
  • Colin Gordon (Labour Party) — Pontllanfraith
  • Mike Adams (Labour Party) — Pontllanfraith
  • Patricia Cook (Labour Party) — Pontllanfraith
  • Arianna Leonard (Labour Party) — Risca East
  • Nigel George (Labour Party) — Risca East
  • Philippa Leonard (Labour Party) — Risca East
  • Bob Owen (Independent / Other) — Risca West
  • Ceri Wright (Labour Party) — Risca West
  • Ann Gair (Labour Party) — St Cattwg
  • Haydn Pritchard (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — St Cattwg
  • Judith Pritchard (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — St Cattwg
  • Colin Elsbury (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — St Martins
  • James Fussell (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — St Martins
  • Stephen Kent (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — St Martins
  • Carl Cuss (Labour Party) — Twyn Carno
  • Elaine Forehead (Labour Party) — Van
  • Jeff Grenfell (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Van
  • Jan Jones (Independent / Other) — Ynysddu
  • Janine Reed (Independent / Other) — Ynysddu
  • Alan Angel (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Ystrad Mynach
  • Martyn James (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Ystrad Mynach

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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