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Electoral wardW05001661Machen a Rhydri

Machen and Rudry ward, Caerphilly County Borough

Machen and Rudry is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,124 residents in 2,144 households — 163 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerphilly constituency.

Residents, 20215,124council ward average 5,676
Households2,1442.39 residents per household
Density163/ km²about 31.44 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+19.5%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 274
5–96.9% · 356
10–158.5% · 437
16–194.3% · 221
20–244.4% · 228
25–3410.7% · 550
35–4919.0% · 976
50–6421.2% · 1,085
65–7410.9% · 560
75–846.7% · 345
85+1.8% · 92

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.2% · 391
1 car or van34.0% · 729
2 cars or vans35.1% · 752
3 or more12.7% · 272
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.3% · 842
With mortgage31.4% · 672
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented20.6% · 442
Private rented8.6% · 184

Type of home

Detached house32.6% · 700
Semi-detached house31.8% · 681
Terraced house30.2% · 647
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 84
Converted house0.2% · 5
Other conversion0.6% · 13
Above shop / office0.7% · 14
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001661
Constituency
Caerphilly
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Machen a Rhydri
Density rank in council
30 of 31

Communities in the ward

Bedwas, Trethomas and MachenRudry

Other wards in the same constituency

AAber Valley15.8% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned6,508BBedwas 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% owned4,089MMaesycwmmer21.8% 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.