Electoral wardW05001280Y Mynydd Bychan
Heath ward, Cardiff
Heath is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 12,600 residents in 5,173 households — 3,988 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff North constituency.
Residents, 202112,600council ward average 12,940
Households5,1732.44 residents per household
Density3,988/ km²about 3.16 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+19.8%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 747
5–96.2% · 783
10–157.1% · 897
16–193.6% · 456
20–244.6% · 576
25–3412.2% · 1,533
35–4920.7% · 2,608
50–6419.9% · 2,505
65–7410.5% · 1,323
75–846.3% · 788
85+3.0% · 383
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 698
1 car or van43.3% · 2,241
2 cars or vans34.5% · 1,783
3 or more8.7% · 451
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 2,226
With mortgage37.1% · 1,920
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented4.4% · 226
Private rented15.0% · 779
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house11.6% · 600
Semi-detached house58.7% · 3,038
Terraced house18.0% · 929
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 493
Converted house1.5% · 76
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001280- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Mynydd Bychan
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 28
Communities in the ward
Heath
Other wards in the same constituency
GGabalfa6.3% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,415LLisvane and Thornhill21.5% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned10,476LLlandaff North15.3% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned8,425LLlanishen20.9% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned10,420PPontprennau and Old St Mellons11.3% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned11,719RRhiwbina28.2% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned11,471WWhitchurch and Tongwynlais22.5% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned15,817
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.