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Electoral wardW05001648Cwm Aber

Aber Valley ward, Caerphilly County Borough

Aber Valley is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,508 residents in 2,776 households — 489 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerphilly constituency.

Residents, 20216,508council ward average 5,676
Households2,7762.34 residents per household
Density489/ km²about 13.31 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+15.8%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 418
5–97.1% · 464
10–158.5% · 550
16–194.3% · 281
20–245.8% · 375
25–3413.8% · 896
35–4919.3% · 1,253
50–6419.1% · 1,240
65–749.3% · 606
75–845.1% · 332
85+1.4% · 92

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.8% · 689
1 car or van43.1% · 1,198
2 cars or vans23.7% · 659
3 or more8.3% · 231
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Caerphilly County Borough overall: 67.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 13.3% private rented.

Owned outright30.1% · 834
With mortgage31.9% · 885
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented18.7% · 519
Private rented19.1% · 529
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house9.0% · 250
Semi-detached house24.5% · 681
Terraced house54.9% · 1,525
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 241
Converted house0.9% · 25
Other conversion0.9% · 26
Above shop / office0.9% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001648
Constituency
Caerphilly
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Cwm Aber
Density rank in council
21 of 31

Communities in the ward

Aber Valley

Other wards in the same constituency

BBedwas and Trethomas22.4% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned6,459CCefn Fforest and Pengam21.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned7,393HHengoed14.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned5,510LLlanbradach21.3% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned4,089MMachen and Rudry19.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned5,124MMaesycwmmer21.8% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned2,418MMorgan Jones20.3% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned7,481NNelson26.3% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,470PPenyrheol18.7% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned12,214PPontllanfraith22.3% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned8,381SSt Cattwg20.0% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned7,488SSt Martins20.6% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned8,494VVan21.6% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned4,594YYnysddu16.9% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned3,966

All 31 wards of Caerphilly 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.