Electoral wardW05001272
Caerau ward, Cardiff
Caerau is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 11,696 residents in 4,758 households — 3,854 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West constituency.
Residents, 202111,696council ward average 12,940
Households4,7582.46 residents per household
Density3,854/ km²about 3.03 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+14.6%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 23.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 727
5–97.7% · 899
10–1510.0% · 1,165
16–195.5% · 641
20–245.8% · 674
25–3413.1% · 1,532
35–4918.9% · 2,205
50–6418.4% · 2,147
65–748.6% · 1,001
75–844.5% · 531
85+1.5% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.1% · 1,434
1 car or van44.1% · 2,098
2 cars or vans20.0% · 953
3 or more5.7% · 273
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright23.1% · 1,098
With mortgage25.3% · 1,204
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented35.5% · 1,688
Private rented15.2% · 724
Lives rent free0.5% · 26
Type of home
Detached house9.2% · 437
Semi-detached house47.2% · 2,247
Terraced house24.0% · 1,141
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 869
Converted house0.8% · 36
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001272- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 28
Communities in the ward
Caerau
Other wards in the same constituency
CCanton13.3% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned16,138EEly13.5% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned15,428FFairwater16.5% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned13,066LLlandaff23.5% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned8,776PPentyrch and St Fagans22.5% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned9,095RRadyr19.5% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned7,092RRiverside10.8% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned13,756
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.