Electoral wardW05001617
Cyfarthfa ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Cyfarthfa is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,271 residents in 3,048 households — 1,031 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20217,271council ward average 5,349
Households3,0482.39 residents per household
Density1,031/ km²about 7.05 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+18.4%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 428
5–97.9% · 576
10–157.5% · 543
16–194.1% · 299
20–244.3% · 316
25–3413.3% · 966
35–4919.8% · 1,436
50–6418.8% · 1,368
65–7410.9% · 792
75–845.4% · 395
85+2.1% · 149
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.9% · 577
1 car or van42.5% · 1,294
2 cars or vans30.0% · 913
3 or more8.7% · 264
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright34.3% · 1,046
With mortgage31.5% · 959
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented21.7% · 661
Private rented12.3% · 375
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house23.9% · 728
Semi-detached house43.5% · 1,326
Terraced house29.4% · 896
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 86
Converted house0.1% · 4
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001617- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 11
Communities in the ward
Cyfarthfa
Other wards in the same constituency
BBedlinog and Trelewis17.9% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned3,768DDowlais and Pant18.2% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned6,631GGurnos13.9% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned5,342MMerthyr Vale17.0% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned3,773PPark21.3% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned4,162PPenydarren16.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,279PPlymouth22.5% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned5,048TTown18.9% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,897TTreharris20.7% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned6,272VVaynor24.1% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,396
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.