Electoral wardW05001281Llys-faen a'r Ddraenen
Lisvane and Thornhill ward, Cardiff
Lisvane and Thornhill is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 10,476 residents in 4,506 households — 1,110 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff North constituency.
Residents, 202110,476council ward average 12,940
Households4,5062.32 residents per household
Density1,110/ km²about 9.44 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+21.5%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 504
5–95.5% · 579
10–156.4% · 673
16–193.9% · 408
20–244.6% · 486
25–3412.1% · 1,268
35–4917.6% · 1,839
50–6423.5% · 2,462
65–7412.3% · 1,293
75–846.9% · 718
85+2.3% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.9% · 401
1 car or van40.9% · 1,843
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,656
3 or more13.4% · 606
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright45.6% · 2,055
With mortgage36.1% · 1,626
Shared ownership0.9% · 41
Social rented3.0% · 135
Private rented14.4% · 649
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house55.1% · 2,481
Semi-detached house19.0% · 856
Terraced house20.3% · 916
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 229
Converted house0.4% · 16
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001281- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Llys-faen a'r Ddraenen
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 28
Communities in the ward
LisvaneThornhill
Other wards in the same constituency
GGabalfa6.3% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,415HHeath19.8% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned12,600LLlandaff 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.