Electoral wardW05001273Treganna
Canton ward, Cardiff
Canton is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 16,138 residents in 7,099 households — 5,195 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West constituency.
Residents, 202116,138council ward average 12,940
Households7,0992.27 residents per household
Density5,195/ km²about 3.11 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+13.3%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 979
5–96.0% · 971
10–157.1% · 1,147
16–193.8% · 606
20–245.1% · 829
25–3418.3% · 2,958
35–4922.4% · 3,617
50–6417.8% · 2,879
65–747.3% · 1,181
75–844.1% · 667
85+1.9% · 300
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 1,804
1 car or van46.7% · 3,315
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,647
3 or more4.7% · 330
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright28.0% · 1,988
With mortgage37.3% · 2,644
Shared ownership0.2% · 16
Social rented13.8% · 981
Private rented20.6% · 1,461
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house4.9% · 346
Semi-detached house22.0% · 1,558
Terraced house50.6% · 3,586
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 999
Converted house7.0% · 498
Other conversion0.6% · 41
Above shop / office0.9% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001273- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Treganna
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 28
Communities in the ward
Canton
Other wards in the same constituency
CCaerau14.6% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,696EEly13.5% 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.