Electoral wardW05001290Pontprennau a Phentref Llaneirwg
Pontprennau and Old St Mellons ward, Cardiff
Pontprennau and Old St Mellons is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 11,719 residents in 4,910 households — 1,358 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff North constituency.
Residents, 202111,719council ward average 12,940
Households4,9102.39 residents per household
Density1,358/ km²about 8.63 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+11.3%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.4% · 869
5–96.3% · 743
10–156.9% · 806
16–193.9% · 455
20–245.3% · 618
25–3418.2% · 2,135
35–4922.1% · 2,587
50–6418.6% · 2,181
65–747.4% · 870
75–843.2% · 375
85+0.7% · 83
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.5% · 566
1 car or van41.3% · 2,030
2 cars or vans37.1% · 1,822
3 or more10.0% · 492
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright24.4% · 1,199
With mortgage46.2% · 2,269
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented11.2% · 552
Private rented17.5% · 861
Type of home
Detached house43.8% · 2,149
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,393
Terraced house16.9% · 828
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 519
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001290- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Pontprennau a Phentref Llaneirwg
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 28
Communities in the ward
Old St. MellonsPontprennau
Other wards in the same constituency
GGabalfa6.3% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,415HHeath19.8% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned12,600LLisvane and Thornhill21.5% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned10,476LLlandaff North15.3% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned8,425LLlanishen20.9% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned10,420RRhiwbina28.2% 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.