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Electoral wardW05001251Canol Dwyrain Porthcawl

Porthcawl East Central ward, Bridgend County Borough

Porthcawl East Central is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,681 residents in 2,673 households — 2,067 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.

Residents, 20215,681council ward average 5,196
Households2,6732.13 residents per household
Density2,067/ km²about 2.75 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+28.6%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 204
5–94.5% · 257
10–155.4% · 306
16–194.4% · 248
20–244.3% · 243
25–348.7% · 496
35–4915.5% · 882
50–6425.0% · 1,420
65–7414.2% · 805
75–8410.5% · 594
85+3.9% · 224

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.7% · 659
1 car or van42.6% · 1,137
2 cars or vans23.5% · 628
3 or more9.2% · 247
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.5% · 1,082
With mortgage25.3% · 675
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented10.8% · 289
Private rented22.9% · 613
Lives rent free0.3% · 7

Type of home

Detached house11.4% · 305
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,088
Terraced house16.0% · 429
Purpose-built flat19.4% · 520
Converted house8.3% · 222
Other conversion0.9% · 23
Above shop / office3.0% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001251
Constituency
Bridgend
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Canol Dwyrain Porthcawl
Density rank in council
7 of 28

Communities in the ward

Porthcawl

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% owned2,302PPencoed and Penprysg22.9% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,011

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.