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Electoral wardW05001178Rhydaman

Ammanford ward, Carmarthenshire

Ammanford is one of 51 electoral wards of Carmarthenshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,439 residents in 2,464 households — 1,746 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerfyrddin constituency.

Residents, 20215,439council ward average 3,684
Households2,4642.21 residents per household
Density1,746/ km²about 3.11 km² · Carmarthenshire 79
Aged 65+23.4%Carmarthenshire: 24.2% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 277
5–95.3% · 286
10–157.5% · 406
16–194.8% · 259
20–245.5% · 298
25–3410.7% · 580
35–4917.1% · 933
50–6420.7% · 1,127
65–7411.8% · 641
75–848.6% · 467
85+3.1% · 167

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.2% · 547
1 car or van41.6% · 1,023
2 cars or vans25.8% · 634
3 or more10.5% · 258
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Carmarthenshire overall: 70.4% owned, 14.3% social rented, 14.9% private rented.

Owned outright39.4% · 972
With mortgage24.7% · 609
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented20.2% · 497
Private rented15.4% · 379
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house27.2% · 669
Semi-detached house44.9% · 1,106
Terraced house13.3% · 327
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 243
Converted house2.4% · 59
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office1.9% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001178
Constituency
Caerfyrddin
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Rhydaman
Density rank in council
5 of 51

Communities in the ward

Ammanford

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbergwili25.7% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,331BBetws23.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned2,398CCarmarthen Town North and South22.7% aged 65+ · 53.9% owned9,111CCarmarthen Town West14.5% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned5,521CCenarth and Llangeler30.0% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned5,550CCilycwm31.1% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,547CCwarter Bach23.0% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned2,853CCynwyl Elfed28.5% aged 65+ · 86.6% owned2,273GGarnant22.4% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned2,049GGlanamman22.4% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned2,506LLaugharne Township28.8% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned2,588LLlanboidy27.3% aged 65+ · 84.7% owned2,097LLlanddarog29.8% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,070LLlandeilo27.7% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned2,959

All 51 wards of Carmarthenshire

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.