Electoral wardW05001270
Adamsdown ward, Cardiff
Adamsdown is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 11,609 residents in 4,112 households — 10,840 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff East constituency.
Residents, 202111,609council ward average 12,940
Households4,1122.82 residents per household
Density10,840/ km²about 1.07 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+5.3%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 598
5–94.7% · 543
10–154.7% · 549
16–1911.6% · 1,351
20–2417.2% · 2,001
25–3422.8% · 2,650
35–4917.3% · 2,004
50–6411.2% · 1,302
65–743.1% · 357
75–841.6% · 190
85+0.6% · 64
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van48.1% · 1,978
1 car or van39.0% · 1,603
2 cars or vans10.6% · 436
3 or more2.3% · 94
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright12.9% · 530
With mortgage17.2% · 709
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented24.8% · 1,018
Private rented44.2% · 1,819
Lives rent free0.6% · 26
Type of home
Detached house3.2% · 133
Semi-detached house4.7% · 194
Terraced house41.7% · 1,714
Purpose-built flat30.2% · 1,241
Converted house16.4% · 675
Other conversion1.9% · 79
Above shop / office1.8% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001270- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff East
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 28
Communities in the ward
Adamsdown
Other wards in the same constituency
CCyncoed22.7% aged 65+ · 85.2% owned11,391LLlanrumney15.2% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned11,599PPentwyn15.7% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned16,199PPenylan20.4% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned12,911PPlasnewydd7.4% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned18,277RRumney20.5% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned8,792TTrowbridge12.2% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned17,231
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.