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Electoral wardW05001652Bedwas a Threthomas

Bedwas and Trethomas ward, Caerphilly County Borough

Bedwas and Trethomas is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,459 residents in 2,787 households — 623 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerphilly constituency.

Residents, 20216,459council ward average 5,676
Households2,7872.32 residents per household
Density623/ km²about 10.37 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+22.4%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 315
5–95.8% · 372
10–157.2% · 462
16–194.1% · 264
20–244.7% · 301
25–3412.2% · 788
35–4918.3% · 1,181
50–6420.6% · 1,330
65–7412.6% · 812
75–847.3% · 473
85+2.5% · 160

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.2% · 564
1 car or van43.6% · 1,214
2 cars or vans26.4% · 736
3 or more9.8% · 273
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.4% · 1,014
With mortgage32.9% · 917
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented18.8% · 524
Private rented11.7% · 326
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.7% · 520
Semi-detached house45.6% · 1,271
Terraced house24.2% · 675
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 290
Converted house0.4% · 12
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001652
Constituency
Caerphilly
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Bedwas a Threthomas
Density rank in council
17 of 31

Communities in the ward

Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen

Other wards in the same constituency

AAber Valley15.8% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned6,508CCefn 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.