Electoral wardW05001277Y Tyllgoed
Fairwater ward, Cardiff
Fairwater is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 13,066 residents in 5,878 households — 4,284 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West constituency.
Residents, 202113,066council ward average 12,940
Households5,8782.22 residents per household
Density4,284/ km²about 3.05 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+16.5%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 751
5–96.7% · 871
10–157.3% · 956
16–195.0% · 648
20–245.1% · 668
25–3414.1% · 1,840
35–4919.0% · 2,486
50–6420.6% · 2,694
65–748.7% · 1,143
75–845.3% · 699
85+2.4% · 310
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.9% · 1,640
1 car or van43.9% · 2,582
2 cars or vans21.9% · 1,288
3 or more6.3% · 368
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright30.4% · 1,784
With mortgage30.5% · 1,793
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented24.9% · 1,461
Private rented13.7% · 808
Lives rent free0.3% · 17
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 381
Semi-detached house40.3% · 2,369
Terraced house27.9% · 1,641
Purpose-built flat24.1% · 1,417
Converted house0.6% · 37
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001277- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Tyllgoed
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 28
Communities in the ward
Fairwater
Other wards in the same constituency
CCaerau14.6% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,696CCanton13.3% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned16,138EEly13.5% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned15,428LLlandaff23.5% 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.