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Electoral wardW05001234Canol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

Bridgend Central ward, Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend Central is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 10,073 residents in 4,668 households — 3,615 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 202110,073council ward average 5,196
Households4,6682.16 residents per household
Density3,615/ km²about 2.79 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+22.5%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 490
5–95.6% · 565
10–156.5% · 658
16–193.8% · 384
20–244.8% · 484
25–3413.0% · 1,311
35–4918.4% · 1,857
50–6420.5% · 2,062
65–7411.8% · 1,185
75–847.5% · 759
85+3.2% · 320

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.9% · 1,207
1 car or van44.5% · 2,078
2 cars or vans22.5% · 1,050
3 or more7.1% · 332
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.9% · 1,582
With mortgage27.3% · 1,274
Shared ownership0.1% · 5
Social rented22.2% · 1,037
Private rented16.3% · 763
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house13.6% · 635
Semi-detached house44.3% · 2,066
Terraced house21.7% · 1,011
Purpose-built flat17.7% · 826
Converted house1.5% · 72
Other conversion0.7% · 35
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001234
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Canol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
Density rank in council
4 of 28

Communities in the ward

Bridgend

Council offices in this ward

CBridgend County Borough CouncilCouncil office · CF31 4WB

Other wards in the same constituency

AAberkenfig19.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,384BBrackla East Central14.9% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned2,520BBrackla 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% owned3,478BBryntirion, 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.