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Electoral wardW05001606Gorllewin yr Wyddgrug

Mold West ward, Flintshire

Mold West is one of 45 electoral wards of Flintshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,173 residents in 1,002 households — 1,821 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clwyd East constituency.

Residents, 20212,173council ward average 3,444
Households1,0022.17 residents per household
Density1,821/ km²about 1.19 km² · Flintshire 352
Aged 65+22.7%Flintshire: 21.4% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 92
5–96.9% · 151
10–158.3% · 180
16–194.6% · 101
20–244.6% · 101
25–3412.7% · 276
35–4915.5% · 338
50–6420.4% · 443
65–7411.2% · 244
75–847.6% · 166
85+3.8% · 83

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.2% · 293
1 car or van43.3% · 434
2 cars or vans20.3% · 203
3 or more7.2% · 72
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Flintshire overall: 71.8% owned, 14.5% social rented, 13.2% private rented.

Owned outright29.0% · 291
With mortgage21.0% · 210
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented37.1% · 372
Private rented12.6% · 126
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house19.3% · 193
Semi-detached house46.7% · 468
Terraced house18.3% · 183
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 137
Converted house1.2% · 12
Other conversion0.3% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 6
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.