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Electoral wardW05001243Gorllewin Maesteg
Maesteg West ward, Bridgend County Borough
Maesteg West is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,685 residents in 2,502 households — 800 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Aberafan Maesteg constituency.
Residents, 20215,685council ward average 5,196
Households2,5022.27 residents per household
Density800/ km²about 7.11 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+21.1%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 257
5–95.2% · 298
10–157.2% · 409
16–194.9% · 281
20–245.6% · 318
25–3411.3% · 643
35–4917.8% · 1,014
50–6422.3% · 1,266
65–7411.7% · 668
75–846.7% · 383
85+2.6% · 149
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.1% · 603
1 car or van39.7% · 992
2 cars or vans26.4% · 660
3 or more9.8% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.6% · 1,016
With mortgage29.6% · 741
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented14.6% · 365
Private rented14.8% · 371
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house17.8% · 445
Semi-detached house39.6% · 992
Terraced house34.7% · 869
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 131
Converted house0.8% · 20
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office1.2% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001243- Council
- Bridgend County Borough
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Gorllewin Maesteg
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 28
Communities in the ward
Maesteg
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.