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Electoral wardW05001181Porth Tywyn

Burry Port ward, Carmarthenshire

Burry Port is one of 51 electoral wards of Carmarthenshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 4,037 residents in 1,934 households — 966 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Llanelli constituency.

Residents, 20214,037council ward average 3,684
Households1,9342.09 residents per household
Density966/ km²about 4.18 km² · Carmarthenshire 79
Aged 65+29.8%Carmarthenshire: 24.2% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 134
5–94.9% · 196
10–156.3% · 255
16–194.4% · 176
20–243.8% · 152
25–349.3% · 375
35–4915.1% · 611
50–6423.1% · 932
65–7415.0% · 606
75–8411.3% · 455
85+3.5% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.0% · 386
1 car or van46.5% · 900
2 cars or vans25.7% · 497
3 or more7.8% · 151
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.7% · 903
With mortgage23.1% · 447
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented11.8% · 228
Private rented18.0% · 348
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house24.1% · 466
Semi-detached house37.0% · 716
Terraced house28.2% · 546
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 135
Converted house1.0% · 20
Other conversion0.6% · 11
Above shop / office1.7% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001181
Constituency
Llanelli
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Porth Tywyn
Density rank in council
9 of 51

Communities in the ward

Pembrey and Burry Port Town

Other wards in the same constituency

BBigyn19.2% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned6,587BBynea17.0% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned4,519DDafen and Felinfoel21.5% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,195EElli27.2% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned1,988GGlanymor17.6% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned6,409GGlyn22.2% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned2,163GGorslas22.9% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned5,082HHendy20.1% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned3,205HHengoed23.7% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned4,308KKidwelly and St Ishmael27.9% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned5,053LLlangennech22.5% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned5,437LLlangyndeyrn25.7% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned5,239LLlannon22.7% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,368LLliedi20.9% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned5,336

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.