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Electoral wardW05001650Aber-carn

Abercarn ward, Caerphilly County Borough

Abercarn is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,446 residents in 2,400 households — 330 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newport West and Islwyn constituency.

Residents, 20215,446council ward average 5,676
Households2,4002.27 residents per household
Density330/ km²about 16.50 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+17.5%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 306
5–96.0% · 328
10–157.1% · 388
16–193.9% · 211
20–245.0% · 273
25–3414.5% · 792
35–4919.6% · 1,067
50–6420.8% · 1,132
65–7410.2% · 555
75–845.4% · 292
85+1.9% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.0% · 408
1 car or van44.3% · 1,063
2 cars or vans27.8% · 667
3 or more10.9% · 262
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.6% · 807
With mortgage33.8% · 812
Shared ownership0.6% · 14
Social rented16.0% · 383
Private rented15.8% · 380
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house9.6% · 230
Semi-detached house37.2% · 892
Terraced house41.5% · 996
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 231
Converted house0.7% · 16
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office1.1% · 26
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001650
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Aber-carn
Density rank in council
25 of 31

Communities in the ward

Abercarn

Other wards in the same constituency

AArgoed18.8% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned2,709BBlackwood22.4% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned8,103CCefn Fforest and Pengam21.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned7,393CCrosskeys23.4% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned3,198CCrumlin20.4% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,796NNewbridge22.3% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned6,237PPenmaen20.1% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned5,658RRisca East20.2% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned6,143RRisca West21.9% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned5,085

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.