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Electoral wardW05001352De-orllewin y Rhyl

Rhyl South West ward, Denbighshire

Rhyl South West is one of 29 electoral wards of Denbighshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,566 residents in 2,171 households — 3,019 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clwyd North constituency.

Residents, 20215,566council ward average 3,304
Households2,1712.56 residents per household
Density3,019/ km²about 1.84 km² · Denbighshire 114
Aged 65+13.5%Denbighshire: 24.8% · under 16: 26.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 409
5–98.4% · 467
10–1510.8% · 599
16–196.4% · 354
20–245.7% · 315
25–3411.9% · 665
35–4918.4% · 1,027
50–6417.6% · 980
65–748.0% · 447
75–844.5% · 250
85+1.0% · 55

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.9% · 778
1 car or van39.6% · 859
2 cars or vans18.1% · 393
3 or more6.4% · 138
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Denbighshire overall: 65.9% owned, 13.3% social rented, 20.0% private rented.

Owned outright20.9% · 454
With mortgage23.5% · 509
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented33.9% · 735
Private rented20.8% · 452
Lives rent free0.6% · 12

Type of home

Detached house8.9% · 193
Semi-detached house51.0% · 1,106
Terraced house27.2% · 589
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 212
Converted house1.1% · 24
Other conversion0.4% · 8
Above shop / office1.2% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 11
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.