Electoral wardW05001623
Plymouth ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Plymouth is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,048 residents in 2,281 households — 238 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20215,048council ward average 5,349
Households2,2812.21 residents per household
Density238/ km²about 21.17 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+22.5%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 231
5–95.3% · 267
10–156.8% · 344
16–193.6% · 182
20–245.7% · 288
25–3411.7% · 591
35–4918.5% · 934
50–6421.4% · 1,079
65–7412.5% · 633
75–847.1% · 359
85+2.8% · 142
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.4% · 557
1 car or van44.4% · 1,012
2 cars or vans23.5% · 536
3 or more7.7% · 176
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright39.9% · 910
With mortgage26.8% · 612
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented16.2% · 369
Private rented16.7% · 382
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 222
Semi-detached house21.6% · 493
Terraced house62.5% · 1,425
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 97
Converted house0.6% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.9% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001623- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 11
Communities in the ward
Troed-y-rhiw
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% owned4,162PPenydarren16.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,279TTown18.9% 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.