Electoral wardW05001626Faenor
Vaynor ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Vaynor is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,396 residents in 1,515 households — 120 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.
Residents, 20213,396council ward average 5,349
Households1,5152.24 residents per household
Density120/ km²about 28.42 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+24.1%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 150
5–95.5% · 186
10–156.2% · 211
16–194.2% · 141
20–244.8% · 162
25–3411.1% · 377
35–4916.9% · 573
50–6422.9% · 779
65–7412.7% · 431
75–848.2% · 278
85+3.2% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.5% · 296
1 car or van42.1% · 639
2 cars or vans27.1% · 411
3 or more11.3% · 172
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.9% · 635
With mortgage28.6% · 433
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented17.8% · 270
Private rented11.3% · 171
Lives rent free0.3% · 4
Type of home
Detached house30.1% · 456
Semi-detached house37.9% · 574
Terraced house25.8% · 391
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 72
Converted house0.7% · 10
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001626- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Faenor
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 11
Communities in the ward
Vaynor
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% owned5,048TTown18.9% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,897TTreharris20.7% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned6,272
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.