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Electoral wardW05001703Dwyrain Castell-nedd

Neath East ward, Neath Port Talbot

Neath East is one of 34 electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,123 residents in 3,039 households — 1,965 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Neath and Swansea East constituency.

Residents, 20216,123council ward average 4,185
Households3,0392.01 residents per household
Density1,965/ km²about 3.12 km² · Neath Port Talbot 322
Aged 65+17.2%Neath Port Talbot: 21.2% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 356
5–95.7% · 350
10–157.3% · 449
16–193.8% · 234
20–245.8% · 356
25–3414.2% · 868
35–4918.8% · 1,150
50–6421.3% · 1,307
65–7410.0% · 615
75–845.3% · 324
85+1.9% · 114

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.1% · 1,098
1 car or van40.6% · 1,234
2 cars or vans18.4% · 559
3 or more4.9% · 148
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Neath Port Talbot overall: 66.6% owned, 19.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.

Owned outright27.6% · 840
With mortgage21.4% · 649
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented27.4% · 832
Private rented23.1% · 701
Lives rent free0.4% · 11

Type of home

Detached house9.8% · 297
Semi-detached house16.9% · 515
Terraced house52.4% · 1,594
Purpose-built flat18.1% · 549
Converted house1.7% · 51
Other conversion0.4% · 13
Above shop / office0.7% · 21
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001703
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Dwyrain Castell-nedd
Density rank in council
8 of 34

Communities in the ward

Neath

Other wards in the same constituency

AAberdulais17.4% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned2,373BBlaengwrach and Glynneath West20.1% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned3,138BBryn-coch North34.5% aged 65+ · 90.5% owned2,051BBryn-coch South23.9% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned5,407CCadoxton29.7% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned1,582CCimla and Pelenna27.8% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned4,848CCoedffranc Central20.1% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,171CCoedffranc North20.2% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned2,295CCoedffranc West7.1% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned5,249CCrynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters23.4% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned5,127DDyffryn26.2% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned3,290GGlynneath Central and East28.2% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned2,146NNeath North26.4% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned3,801NNeath South18.3% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned4,805

All 34 wards of Neath Port Talbot

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.