Electoral wardW05001254
Rest Bay ward, Bridgend County Borough
Rest Bay is one of 28 electoral wards of Bridgend County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,358 residents in 1,023 households — 1,152 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgend constituency.
Residents, 20212,358council ward average 5,196
Households1,0232.3 residents per household
Density1,152/ km²about 2.05 km² · Bridgend County Borough 580
Aged 65+40.4%Bridgend County Borough: 20.7% · under 16: 11.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.0% · 70
5–93.5% · 82
10–155.5% · 129
16–193.0% · 71
20–243.9% · 91
25–346.4% · 151
35–4913.6% · 320
50–6420.9% · 494
65–7418.3% · 433
75–8413.8% · 325
85+8.3% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.2% · 104
1 car or van38.7% · 396
2 cars or vans34.5% · 353
3 or more16.6% · 170
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bridgend County Borough overall: 70.5% owned, 13.9% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright58.3% · 596
With mortgage29.8% · 305
Shared ownership1.0% · 10
Social rented2.4% · 25
Private rented8.4% · 86
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house70.9% · 724
Semi-detached house18.8% · 192
Terraced house3.5% · 36
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 56
Converted house0.3% · 3
Other conversion0.8% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001254- Council
- Bridgend County Borough
- Constituency
- Bridgend
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 10 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
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.