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Electoral wardW05001657Cwm Darran
Darran Valley ward, Caerphilly County Borough
Darran Valley is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,437 residents in 1,048 households — 124 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney constituency.
Residents, 20212,437council ward average 5,676
Households1,0482.33 residents per household
Density124/ km²about 19.64 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+21.4%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 95
5–94.3% · 105
10–158.1% · 198
16–194.6% · 113
20–246.2% · 152
25–3412.1% · 296
35–4917.4% · 423
50–6421.9% · 535
65–7411.5% · 280
75–848.1% · 197
85+1.8% · 44
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.1% · 241
1 car or van41.1% · 430
2 cars or vans22.8% · 238
3 or more13.0% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Caerphilly County Borough overall: 67.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 13.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.7% · 448
With mortgage27.5% · 288
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented17.1% · 179
Private rented12.5% · 131
Type of home
Detached house11.7% · 123
Semi-detached house43.8% · 459
Terraced house42.2% · 442
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 16
Converted house0.3% · 3
Other conversion0.3% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001657- Council
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Cwm Darran
- Density rank in council
- 31 of 31
Communities in the ward
Darran Valley
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.