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Electoral wardW05001772

Drybridge ward, Monmouthshire

Drybridge is one of 39 electoral wards of Monmouthshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,367 residents in 1,003 households — 538 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Monmouthshire constituency.

Residents, 20212,367council ward average 2,384
Households1,0032.36 residents per household
Density538/ km²about 4.40 km² · Monmouthshire 110
Aged 65+22.0%Monmouthshire: 25.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 97
5–95.1% · 121
10–158.7% · 206
16–195.2% · 122
20–244.0% · 95
25–348.2% · 194
35–4918.7% · 443
50–6424.0% · 566
65–7412.0% · 283
75–847.2% · 171
85+2.8% · 65

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 110
1 car or van38.5% · 386
2 cars or vans36.2% · 363
3 or more14.4% · 144
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Monmouthshire overall: 71.9% owned, 14.1% social rented, 13.6% private rented.

Owned outright39.3% · 394
With mortgage33.4% · 335
Shared ownership0.6% · 6
Social rented15.1% · 151
Private rented11.5% · 115
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house56.7% · 569
Semi-detached house26.2% · 263
Terraced house11.7% · 117
Purpose-built flat5.0% · 50
Converted house0.3% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
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.