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Electoral wardW05001674Sant Martin

St Martins ward, Caerphilly County Borough

St Martins is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 8,494 residents in 3,656 households — 1,215 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerphilly constituency.

Residents, 20218,494council ward average 5,676
Households3,6562.32 residents per household
Density1,215/ km²about 6.99 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+20.6%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 430
5–95.7% · 483
10–157.1% · 607
16–194.1% · 346
20–244.5% · 382
25–3411.8% · 1,003
35–4920.0% · 1,700
50–6421.1% · 1,796
65–7410.9% · 928
75–847.0% · 595
85+2.6% · 224

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.7% · 574
1 car or van42.1% · 1,541
2 cars or vans32.3% · 1,182
3 or more9.8% · 359
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.9% · 1,495
With mortgage38.6% · 1,413
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented7.6% · 278
Private rented12.6% · 462

Type of home

Detached house29.6% · 1,084
Semi-detached house35.2% · 1,288
Terraced house24.9% · 911
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 307
Converted house0.5% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.9% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 11
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.