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Electoral wardW05001240Gwm Garw
Garw Valley ward, Bridgend County Borough
Garw Valley is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,688 residents in 3,248 households — 249 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rhondda and Ogmore constituency.
Residents, 20217,688council ward average 5,196
Households3,2482.37 residents per household
Density249/ km²about 30.89 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+17.3%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 413
5–96.7% · 516
10–157.5% · 577
16–194.8% · 369
20–245.6% · 433
25–3414.0% · 1,077
35–4917.6% · 1,356
50–6421.1% · 1,623
65–7410.1% · 778
75–845.5% · 425
85+1.6% · 124
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 727
1 car or van43.0% · 1,398
2 cars or vans25.7% · 835
3 or more8.9% · 288
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.2% · 1,175
With mortgage29.3% · 951
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented16.3% · 530
Private rented17.9% · 580
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house10.1% · 327
Semi-detached house31.8% · 1,034
Terraced house51.5% · 1,673
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 135
Converted house0.7% · 24
Other conversion0.9% · 29
Above shop / office0.8% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001240- Council
- Bridgend County Borough
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Gwm Garw
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 28
Communities in the ward
Garw Valley
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.