Electoral wardW05001621Y Parc
Park ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Park is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 4,162 residents in 1,971 households — 2,020 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20214,162council ward average 5,349
Households1,9712.11 residents per household
Density2,020/ km²about 2.06 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+21.3%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 188
5–95.3% · 222
10–155.9% · 245
16–195.5% · 230
20–245.4% · 224
25–3411.2% · 464
35–4918.1% · 752
50–6422.8% · 948
65–7411.3% · 470
75–847.4% · 306
85+2.7% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.2% · 634
1 car or van39.7% · 783
2 cars or vans20.8% · 409
3 or more7.4% · 145
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright36.7% · 723
With mortgage23.8% · 469
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented24.6% · 484
Private rented14.7% · 290
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house14.0% · 276
Semi-detached house24.5% · 483
Terraced house45.8% · 902
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 242
Converted house2.4% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.8% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001621- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Parc
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 11
Communities in the ward
Park
Other wards in the same constituency
BBedlinog and Trelewis17.9% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned3,768CCyfarthfa18.4% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned7,271DDowlais and Pant18.2% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned6,631GGurnos13.9% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned5,342MMerthyr Vale17.0% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned3,773PPenydarren16.6% 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.