Electoral wardW05001081
Cymer ward, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Cymer is one of 46 electoral wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,743 residents in 2,640 households — 1,054 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Pontypridd and Rhondda and Ogmore constituencies.
Residents, 20215,743council ward average 5,166
Households2,6402.18 residents per household
Density1,054/ km²about 5.45 km² · Rhondda Cynon Taf 560
Aged 65+19.6%Rhondda Cynon Taf: 19.6% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 294
5–96.2% · 358
10–157.2% · 415
16–193.5% · 203
20–245.6% · 324
25–3414.1% · 812
35–4916.8% · 964
50–6421.8% · 1,250
65–7411.0% · 631
75–846.4% · 366
85+2.2% · 127
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.3% · 748
1 car or van44.1% · 1,163
2 cars or vans20.6% · 545
3 or more7.0% · 184
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rhondda Cynon Taf overall: 68.3% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright38.0% · 1,003
With mortgage25.8% · 681
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented18.3% · 483
Private rented17.5% · 461
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house5.7% · 150
Semi-detached house25.3% · 668
Terraced house59.5% · 1,570
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 208
Converted house0.4% · 11
Other conversion0.7% · 18
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001081- Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd, Rhondda and Ogmore
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 46
Communities in the ward
CymmerTrehafod
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbercynon17.2% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned6,375BBeddau and Tyn-y-nant17.7% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned7,503BBrynna and Llanharan15.8% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned9,216CChurch Village15.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned6,895CCilfynydd15.5% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned2,939CCwm Clydach19.2% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned2,777FFerndale and Maerdy22.6% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned7,144GGilfach-goch19.0% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned3,338GGlyn-coch16.0% aged 65+ · 56.2% owned2,915GGraig and Pontypridd West18.6% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned6,953HHawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen23.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned2,306LLlanharry14.8% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned3,748LLlantrisant and Talbot Green25.0% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned6,771LLlantwit Fardre21.0% aged 65+ · 87.0% owned6,195
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.