Borrowing estimates for Rhondda Cynon Taf, built from published survey rates and population figures.
162,000
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 162,000 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in Wales held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
118,000
Credit card holders
An estimated 118,000 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 61% of adults in Wales held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
46,400
Overdraft users
An estimated 46,400 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 24% of adults in Wales were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
50,300
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 50,300 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in Wales had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
44,500
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 44,500 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in Wales used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
14,100
High-cost credit users
An estimated 14,100 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 7.3% of adults in Wales held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
48,300
Low financial resilience
An estimated 48,300 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 25% of adults in Wales had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,400
In financial difficulty
An estimated 17,400 adults in Rhondda Cynon Taf were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in Wales were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 193,359 adults aged 18 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
199,245
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Rhondda Cynon Taf was 199,245 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.