Electoral wardW05001248Hengastell
Oldcastle ward, Bridgend County Borough
Oldcastle is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,175 residents in 2,222 households — 1,390 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.
Residents, 20215,175council ward average 5,196
Households2,2222.33 residents per household
Density1,390/ km²about 3.72 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+21.7%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 264
5–96.1% · 314
10–156.6% · 340
16–194.1% · 213
20–245.0% · 259
25–3411.7% · 605
35–4918.8% · 971
50–6421.0% · 1,085
65–7411.2% · 580
75–847.5% · 386
85+3.1% · 158
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.9% · 443
1 car or van42.5% · 944
2 cars or vans28.6% · 636
3 or more8.9% · 198
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 908
With mortgage30.1% · 670
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented12.6% · 281
Private rented16.1% · 357
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house18.6% · 414
Semi-detached house45.4% · 1,009
Terraced house20.4% · 453
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 223
Converted house2.7% · 61
Other conversion1.0% · 23
Above shop / office0.8% · 17
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001248- Council
- Bridgend County Borough
- Constituency
- Bridgend
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Hengastell
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 28
Communities in the ward
Bridgend
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% owned4,126CCoity Higher13.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned11,251NNewton37.2% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,317NNottage34.0% aged 65+ · 88.0% owned3,234PPen-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
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.