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Neath Port Talbot · Wales

Briton Ferry population

35,179people · latest estimate

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Briton Ferry has a population of 35,179, making it the 2nd largest place in Neath Port Talbot.

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Neath Port Talbot population trends, 2001–2024.

Briton Ferry in context

4 km
north to Neath, the nearest larger town
412,635
people live within 10 km
#373
largest of 6,358 UK places
Briton Ferry in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Briton Ferry sits in postcode district SA11.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Neath Port Talbot, the billing authority covering Briton Ferry, is £2,541 for 2026–27.

From the Welsh Government's council tax levels (Table 1): the overall average including police and community council elements, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 2003 valuation — Wales revalued in 2003 where England still uses 1991.

Common questions

What is the population of Briton Ferry?
The populated place itself holds 35,179 residents. The wider Neath Port Talbot council area recorded 143,249 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Neath Port Talbot, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SA11
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Neath Port Talbot

#PlacePopulation
1Neath46,126
2Ystalyfera10,218
3Brynamman5,693
4Glyn-neath5,419
5Cwmafan5,336

All 15 places in Neath Port Talbot →