Find a councilTheCouncil Chronicleevery local authority in the United Kingdom
Advertise
Council Chronicle
  1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. Bridgend County Borough
  4. Wards
  5. Pencoed and Penprysg
Electoral wardW05001249Pencoed a Phen-prysg

Pencoed and Penprysg ward, Bridgend County Borough

Pencoed and Penprysg is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 10,011 residents in 4,284 households — 417 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 202110,011council ward average 5,196
Households4,2842.34 residents per household
Density417/ km²about 23.98 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+22.9%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 446
5–95.6% · 557
10–157.2% · 717
16–194.4% · 445
20–244.7% · 471
25–3411.1% · 1,115
35–4918.1% · 1,815
50–6421.5% · 2,148
65–7412.6% · 1,258
75–848.3% · 831
85+2.1% · 207

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.7% · 546
1 car or van41.4% · 1,774
2 cars or vans33.0% · 1,413
3 or more12.9% · 552
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.9% · 1,794
With mortgage35.1% · 1,504
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented10.8% · 464
Private rented12.0% · 513

Type of home

Detached house27.6% · 1,182
Semi-detached house53.3% · 2,285
Terraced house11.9% · 508
Purpose-built flat5.7% · 244
Converted house0.7% · 30
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.6% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001249
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Pencoed a Phen-prysg
Density rank in council
21 of 28

Communities in the ward

Coychurch HigherPencoed

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% owned5,175PPen-y-fai24.1% aged 65+ · 91.1% owned2,302PPorthcawl 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.