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Electoral wardW05001184Gorllewin Tref Caerfyrddin

Carmarthen Town West ward, Carmarthenshire

Carmarthen Town West is one of 51 electoral wards of Carmarthenshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,521 residents in 2,283 households — 638 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Caerfyrddin constituency.

Residents, 20215,521council ward average 3,684
Households2,2832.42 residents per household
Density638/ km²about 8.66 km² · Carmarthenshire 79
Aged 65+14.5%Carmarthenshire: 24.2% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 323
5–96.8% · 375
10–159.1% · 501
16–195.7% · 312
20–248.0% · 441
25–3413.3% · 734
35–4920.3% · 1,122
50–6416.6% · 915
65–747.7% · 427
75–844.9% · 271
85+1.8% · 100

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.4% · 419
1 car or van45.4% · 1,036
2 cars or vans27.9% · 636
3 or more8.4% · 192
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.2% · 690
With mortgage31.6% · 721
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented15.9% · 363
Private rented21.9% · 499
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house28.8% · 658
Semi-detached house33.9% · 775
Terraced house26.4% · 602
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 171
Converted house2.3% · 52
Other conversion0.9% · 21
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001184
Constituency
Caerfyrddin
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Gorllewin Tref Caerfyrddin
Density rank in council
12 of 51

Communities in the ward

Carmarthen

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbergwili25.7% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,331AAmmanford23.4% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned5,439BBetws23.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned2,398CCarmarthen Town North and South22.7% aged 65+ · 53.9% owned9,111CCenarth 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.