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Electoral wardW05001165Llanandras

Presteigne ward, Powys

Presteigne is one of 60 electoral wards of Powys (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 1,930 residents in 925 households — 197 people per km², the 36th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency.

Residents, 20211,930council ward average 2,220
Households9252.09 residents per household
Density197/ km²about 9.81 km² · Powys 26
Aged 65+31.8%Powys: 27.9% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 75
5–94.6% · 89
10–155.8% · 112
16–193.3% · 64
20–244.0% · 77
25–349.6% · 185
35–4914.0% · 270
50–6423.1% · 445
65–7416.4% · 317
75–8410.6% · 205
85+4.7% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 116
1 car or van48.0% · 444
2 cars or vans28.0% · 259
3 or more11.5% · 106
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Powys overall: 67.6% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.9% private rented.

Owned outright47.2% · 436
With mortgage17.6% · 163
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented16.5% · 152
Private rented18.0% · 166
Lives rent free0.5% · 5

Type of home

Detached house37.7% · 349
Semi-detached house29.5% · 273
Terraced house21.0% · 194
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 62
Converted house0.9% · 8
Other conversion1.2% · 11
Above shop / office2.8% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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.