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Electoral wardW05001231Canol Dwyrain Bracla

Brackla East Central ward, Bridgend County Borough

Brackla East Central is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,520 residents in 1,134 households — 4,920 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 20212,520council ward average 5,196
Households1,1342.22 residents per household
Density4,920/ km²about 0.51 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+14.9%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 135
5–95.8% · 146
10–157.1% · 178
16–193.5% · 88
20–245.9% · 150
25–3415.3% · 385
35–4920.9% · 528
50–6421.3% · 536
65–749.6% · 242
75–843.7% · 93
85+1.6% · 41

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.5% · 130
1 car or van45.0% · 510
2 cars or vans33.7% · 382
3 or more9.9% · 112
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.7% · 382
With mortgage37.2% · 421
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented4.0% · 45
Private rented25.1% · 284

Type of home

Detached house34.9% · 397
Semi-detached house43.1% · 490
Terraced house21.0% · 238
Purpose-built flat0.7% · 8
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001231
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Canol Dwyrain Bracla
Density rank in council
1 of 28

Communities in the ward

Brackla

Other wards in the same constituency

AAberkenfig19.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,384BBrackla East and Coychurch Lower19.9% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned4,130BBrackla 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.