Electoral wardW05001293Glanyrafon
Riverside ward, Cardiff
Riverside is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 13,756 residents in 6,168 households — 5,289 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West constituency.
Residents, 202113,756council ward average 12,940
Households6,1682.23 residents per household
Density5,289/ km²about 2.60 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+10.8%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 706
5–95.4% · 739
10–157.1% · 971
16–194.2% · 580
20–247.6% · 1,046
25–3421.1% · 2,896
35–4922.4% · 3,081
50–6416.4% · 2,254
65–746.6% · 914
75–843.0% · 412
85+1.1% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.1% · 2,290
1 car or van44.3% · 2,734
2 cars or vans15.3% · 945
3 or more3.2% · 199
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright21.9% · 1,351
With mortgage23.0% · 1,420
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented15.0% · 924
Private rented39.6% · 2,441
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house2.8% · 170
Semi-detached house7.2% · 442
Terraced house43.6% · 2,688
Purpose-built flat23.1% · 1,422
Converted house19.4% · 1,194
Other conversion1.8% · 108
Above shop / office2.3% · 141
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001293- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Glanyrafon
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 28
Communities in the ward
PontcannaRiverside
Other wards in the same constituency
CCaerau14.6% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,696CCanton13.3% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned16,138EEly13.5% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned15,428FFairwater16.5% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned13,066LLlandaff23.5% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned8,776PPentyrch and St Fagans22.5% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned9,095RRadyr19.5% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned7,092
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.