Electoral wardW05001276Trelái
Ely ward, Cardiff
Ely is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 15,428 residents in 6,235 households — 5,099 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West constituency.
Residents, 202115,428council ward average 12,940
Households6,2352.47 residents per household
Density5,099/ km²about 3.03 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+13.5%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 27.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.3% · 1,275
5–99.1% · 1,405
10–159.9% · 1,522
16–195.2% · 805
20–246.0% · 923
25–3414.0% · 2,162
35–4917.3% · 2,670
50–6416.8% · 2,589
65–747.5% · 1,157
75–844.3% · 667
85+1.6% · 253
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.6% · 2,217
1 car or van42.5% · 2,647
2 cars or vans17.1% · 1,067
3 or more4.9% · 304
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright21.6% · 1,345
With mortgage22.1% · 1,375
Shared ownership0.1% · 8
Social rented42.1% · 2,622
Private rented13.4% · 835
Lives rent free0.8% · 47
Type of home
Detached house8.2% · 514
Semi-detached house51.5% · 3,208
Terraced house27.0% · 1,682
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 730
Converted house0.9% · 57
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001276- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Trelái
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 28
Communities in the ward
Ely
Other wards in the same constituency
CCaerau14.6% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,696CCanton13.3% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned16,138FFairwater16.5% 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.