Electoral wardW05001297Yr Eglwys Newydd a Thongwynlais
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais ward, Cardiff
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais is one of 28 electoral wards of City of Cardiff Council (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 15,817 residents in 6,831 households — 1,820 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff North constituency.
Residents, 202115,817council ward average 12,940
Households6,8312.32 residents per household
Density1,820/ km²about 8.69 km² · Cardiff 2,571
Aged 65+22.5%Cardiff: 14.5% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 800
5–95.8% · 916
10–157.3% · 1,156
16–194.7% · 737
20–244.1% · 652
25–349.7% · 1,527
35–4919.5% · 3,090
50–6421.4% · 3,383
65–7411.9% · 1,887
75–847.3% · 1,148
85+3.3% · 524
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.3% · 1,250
1 car or van43.7% · 2,988
2 cars or vans29.7% · 2,031
3 or more8.2% · 562
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cardiff overall: 58.0% owned, 17.2% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.1% · 2,943
With mortgage33.3% · 2,274
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented11.8% · 805
Private rented11.5% · 784
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house16.9% · 1,152
Semi-detached house45.8% · 3,132
Terraced house16.6% · 1,132
Purpose-built flat18.5% · 1,263
Converted house1.6% · 110
Other conversion0.1% · 9
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001297- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Yr Eglwys Newydd a Thongwynlais
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 28
Communities in the ward
TongwynlaisWhitchurch
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% owned10,420PPontprennau and Old St Mellons11.3% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned11,719RRhiwbina28.2% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned11,471
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.