Electoral wardW05001622
Penydarren ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Penydarren is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,279 residents in 2,188 households — 4,690 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20215,279council ward average 5,349
Households2,1882.41 residents per household
Density4,690/ km²about 1.13 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+16.6%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.4% · 389
5–96.8% · 357
10–157.9% · 418
16–194.9% · 260
20–245.6% · 296
25–3413.3% · 702
35–4918.1% · 957
50–6419.4% · 1,025
65–749.5% · 501
75–845.6% · 298
85+1.5% · 78
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.9% · 567
1 car or van44.6% · 976
2 cars or vans22.1% · 484
3 or more7.3% · 160
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright32.0% · 700
With mortgage25.9% · 567
Social rented28.4% · 622
Private rented13.2% · 290
Lives rent free0.5% · 10
Type of home
Detached house6.6% · 145
Semi-detached house40.4% · 885
Terraced house50.5% · 1,106
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 40
Converted house0.2% · 5
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001622- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 11
Communities in the ward
Penydarren
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% owned3,773PPark21.3% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned4,162PPlymouth22.5% 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.