Electoral wardW05001271
Butetown ward, Cardiff
Butetown is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 12,127 residents in 5,488 households — 2,287 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency.
Residents, 202112,127council ward average 12,940
Households5,4882.21 residents per household
Density2,287/ km²about 5.30 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+8.6%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 533
5–93.8% · 464
10–154.1% · 492
16–194.9% · 589
20–2414.9% · 1,812
25–3431.0% · 3,761
35–4917.8% · 2,161
50–6410.5% · 1,276
65–744.4% · 535
75–842.8% · 345
85+1.3% · 158
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.2% · 1,933
1 car or van51.3% · 2,816
2 cars or vans12.1% · 663
3 or more1.4% · 76
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright11.9% · 652
With mortgage20.1% · 1,103
Shared ownership0.4% · 24
Social rented19.1% · 1,047
Private rented48.1% · 2,640
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house1.6% · 87
Semi-detached house5.0% · 275
Terraced house12.4% · 680
Purpose-built flat76.0% · 4,174
Converted house1.7% · 95
Other conversion2.6% · 144
Above shop / office0.6% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001271- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 28
Communities in the ward
Butetown
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.