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Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a welsh principal council in Wales. It covers 1,785.6 km² and had 72,992 residents in 2018 — about 41 people per km². The council is based in Aberystwyth and Aberaeron.
Town hall in the administrative centreCounty Hall, Aberaeron
Photo: Jason.nlw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Ceredigion, 2001–2018.
Residents, 201872,992-2.6% since 2001
Land area1,785.6km²689.4 sq mi
Density41/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#361of 382 UK councils · #19 in Wales
Population estimates3 data points
75K75.9K73K
200120112018
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Elections
34 electoral wards
Census 2021: 71,474 residents in 30,891 households across the wards; 25.7% aged 65+, 68.5% of homes owned, 15.7% of households without a car.
1Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais2,186 households · 11.4% aged 65+5,5632Faenor744 households · 16.3% aged 65+3,4623Aberporth and Y Ferwig1,562 households · 33.4% aged 65+3,3204Aberystwyth Penparcau1,281 households · 16.5% aged 65+2,9635Beulah and Llangoedmor1,312 households · 32.7% aged 65+2,8986Lampeter1,052 households · 21.8% aged 65+2,505
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Council offices
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Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q217829 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.