Electoral wardW05001289
Plasnewydd ward, Cardiff
Plasnewydd is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 18,277 residents in 7,721 households — 11,239 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff East constituency.
Residents, 202118,277council ward average 12,940
Households7,7212.37 residents per household
Density11,239/ km²about 1.63 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+7.4%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 9.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 568
5–93.4% · 624
10–153.4% · 625
16–196.0% · 1,101
20–2425.5% · 4,655
25–3423.9% · 4,362
35–4916.6% · 3,039
50–6410.6% · 1,943
65–744.1% · 742
75–842.3% · 415
85+1.1% · 203
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.9% · 3,233
1 car or van39.0% · 3,013
2 cars or vans14.3% · 1,102
3 or more4.8% · 373
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright15.8% · 1,218
With mortgage18.4% · 1,419
Shared ownership0.3% · 26
Social rented11.7% · 903
Private rented53.6% · 4,140
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house1.7% · 128
Semi-detached house5.3% · 407
Terraced house42.9% · 3,316
Purpose-built flat23.2% · 1,788
Converted house24.1% · 1,859
Other conversion0.8% · 60
Above shop / office2.0% · 158
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001289- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff East
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 28
Communities in the ward
Roath
Other wards in the same constituency
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.