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Electoral wardW05001230Dwyrain Bracla a Llangrallo Isaf

Brackla East and Coychurch Lower ward, Bridgend County Borough

Brackla East and Coychurch Lower is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 4,130 residents in 1,784 households — 557 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 20214,130council ward average 5,196
Households1,7842.32 residents per household
Density557/ km²about 7.41 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+19.9%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 216
5–95.1% · 211
10–156.4% · 266
16–193.3% · 137
20–245.4% · 222
25–3412.3% · 509
35–4917.8% · 734
50–6424.5% · 1,012
65–7410.3% · 425
75–847.5% · 311
85+2.1% · 86

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.5% · 187
1 car or van40.2% · 717
2 cars or vans35.7% · 636
3 or more13.7% · 244
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.

Owned outright38.5% · 687
With mortgage38.6% · 689
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented6.8% · 122
Private rented15.9% · 284

Type of home

Detached house43.5% · 774
Semi-detached house37.5% · 667
Terraced house16.4% · 292
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 42
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001230
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Dwyrain Bracla a Llangrallo Isaf
Density rank in council
18 of 28

Communities in the ward

BracklaCoychurch Lower

Other wards in the same constituency

AAberkenfig19.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,384BBrackla East Central14.9% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned2,520BBrackla West12.4% aged 65+ · 41.2% owned2,738BBrackla West Central20.1% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned3,478BBridgend Central22.5% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned10,073BBryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr14.5% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned9,087CCefn-glas22.2% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,126CCoity Higher13.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned11,251NNewton37.2% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,317NNottage34.0% aged 65+ · 88.0% owned3,234OOldcastle21.7% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned5,175PPen-y-fai24.1% aged 65+ · 91.1% owned2,302PPencoed and Penprysg22.9% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,011PPorthcawl East Central28.6% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned5,681

All 28 wards of Bridgend County Borough

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.