Electoral wardW05001250
Pen-y-fai ward, Bridgend County Borough
Pen-y-fai is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,302 residents in 921 households — 711 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.
Residents, 20212,302council ward average 5,196
Households9212.5 residents per household
Density711/ km²about 3.24 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+24.1%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 97
5–95.9% · 137
10–156.5% · 149
16–193.4% · 78
20–243.8% · 87
25–3410.1% · 233
35–4918.2% · 418
50–6423.9% · 550
65–7412.0% · 276
75–849.6% · 220
85+2.5% · 58
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.6% · 61
1 car or van35.2% · 325
2 cars or vans41.0% · 378
3 or more17.1% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright52.8% · 486
With mortgage38.3% · 353
Shared ownership0.3% · 3
Social rented0.9% · 8
Private rented7.7% · 71
Type of home
Detached house60.8% · 559
Semi-detached house32.3% · 297
Terraced house5.9% · 54
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 7
Converted house0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001250- Council
- Bridgend County Borough
- Constituency
- Bridgend
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 28
Communities in the ward
Newcastle 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% owned4,126CCoity 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% owned5,175PPencoed 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.