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Electoral wardW05001238Coety Uchaf

Coity Higher ward, Bridgend County Borough

Coity Higher is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 11,251 residents in 4,010 households — 1,522 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 202111,251council ward average 5,196
Households4,0102.81 residents per household
Density1,522/ km²about 7.39 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+13.4%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 772
5–96.0% · 679
10–155.1% · 576
16–193.1% · 345
20–246.2% · 698
25–3423.0% · 2,587
35–4921.8% · 2,457
50–6414.5% · 1,635
65–747.2% · 807
75–844.4% · 492
85+1.8% · 205

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.6% · 383
1 car or van38.7% · 1,551
2 cars or vans41.7% · 1,672
3 or more10.1% · 404
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.7% · 1,231
With mortgage52.0% · 2,085
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented7.1% · 285
Private rented10.0% · 400
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house40.9% · 1,642
Semi-detached house43.3% · 1,735
Terraced house12.6% · 506
Purpose-built flat2.7% · 107
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.0% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001238
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Coety Uchaf
Density rank in council
8 of 28

Communities in the ward

Coity Higher

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% owned3,478BBridgend 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% owned4,126NNewton37.2% 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.