Electoral wardW05001624Y Dref
Town ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Town is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,897 residents in 3,617 households — 1,032 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20217,897council ward average 5,349
Households3,6172.18 residents per household
Density1,032/ km²about 7.65 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+18.9%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 402
5–95.4% · 424
10–156.7% · 531
16–193.8% · 301
20–245.6% · 439
25–3414.7% · 1,161
35–4918.9% · 1,492
50–6420.9% · 1,651
65–7410.1% · 798
75–846.7% · 529
85+2.1% · 168
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 919
1 car or van41.2% · 1,489
2 cars or vans24.0% · 868
3 or more9.4% · 341
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright35.2% · 1,273
With mortgage29.1% · 1,052
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented14.1% · 510
Private rented21.4% · 773
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.5% · 596
Semi-detached house23.5% · 849
Terraced house43.8% · 1,584
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 405
Converted house1.5% · 55
Other conversion0.8% · 30
Above shop / office2.6% · 95
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001624- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Dref
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 11
Communities in the ward
Town
Council offices in this ward
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% owned5,279PPlymouth22.5% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned5,048TTreharris20.7% 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.