Electoral wardW05001288Pen-y-lan
Penylan ward, Cardiff
Penylan is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 12,911 residents in 5,275 households — 3,833 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff East constituency.
Residents, 202112,911council ward average 12,940
Households5,2752.45 residents per household
Density3,833/ km²about 3.37 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+20.4%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 635
5–95.9% · 768
10–156.9% · 890
16–196.6% · 854
20–245.6% · 728
25–3411.8% · 1,521
35–4920.2% · 2,612
50–6417.5% · 2,264
65–7410.3% · 1,326
75–846.6% · 849
85+3.6% · 464
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.1% · 1,061
1 car or van41.1% · 2,169
2 cars or vans30.8% · 1,623
3 or more8.0% · 422
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 2,111
With mortgage31.8% · 1,675
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented7.6% · 402
Private rented20.3% · 1,071
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house15.8% · 835
Semi-detached house29.9% · 1,579
Terraced house27.5% · 1,452
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 783
Converted house10.6% · 558
Other conversion0.7% · 39
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001288- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff East
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Pen-y-lan
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 28
Communities in the ward
Penylan
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdamsdown5.3% aged 65+ · 30.1% owned11,609CCyncoed22.7% aged 65+ · 85.2% owned11,391LLlanrumney15.2% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned11,599PPentwyn15.7% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned16,199PPlasnewydd7.4% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned18,277RRumney20.5% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned8,792TTrowbridge12.2% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned17,231
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.