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Rumney ward, Cardiff

Rumney is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 8,792 residents in 3,601 households — 2,224 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff East constituency.

Residents, 20218,792council ward average 12,940
Households3,6012.44 residents per household
Density2,224/ km²about 3.95 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+20.5%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 486
5–96.6% · 582
10–157.6% · 671
16–194.0% · 348
20–244.9% · 435
25–3413.7% · 1,203
35–4917.0% · 1,497
50–6420.1% · 1,765
65–7411.0% · 971
75–846.7% · 593
85+2.7% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.5% · 740
1 car or van42.9% · 1,546
2 cars or vans27.4% · 988
3 or more9.1% · 327
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.

Owned outright35.5% · 1,278
With mortgage33.1% · 1,193
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented19.7% · 710
Private rented11.1% · 398
Lives rent free0.3% · 12

Type of home

Detached house9.7% · 349
Semi-detached house64.5% · 2,322
Terraced house12.8% · 462
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 417
Converted house0.6% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.