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Electoral wardW05001092Aberpennar

Mountain Ash ward, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Mountain Ash is one of 46 electoral wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,249 residents in 3,304 households — 568 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare and Pontypridd constituencies.

Residents, 20217,249council ward average 5,166
Households3,3042.19 residents per household
Density568/ km²about 12.75 km² · Rhondda Cynon Taf 560
Aged 65+20.8%Rhondda Cynon Taf: 19.6% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 381
5–95.1% · 372
10–157.2% · 521
16–194.5% · 328
20–245.8% · 421
25–3413.1% · 952
35–4917.4% · 1,261
50–6420.8% · 1,507
65–7411.2% · 810
75–847.2% · 525
85+2.3% · 170

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.6% · 880
1 car or van41.9% · 1,384
2 cars or vans23.7% · 782
3 or more7.8% · 258
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rhondda Cynon Taf overall: 68.3% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.

Owned outright38.5% · 1,271
With mortgage27.9% · 920
Shared ownership0.0% · 1
Social rented15.4% · 510
Private rented18.0% · 595
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house12.3% · 407
Semi-detached house20.4% · 673
Terraced house57.7% · 1,906
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 272
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001092
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Aberpennar
Density rank in council
34 of 46

Communities in the ward

Mountain Ash EastMountain Ash West

Other wards in the same constituency

AAberaman19.1% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned10,012AAbercynon17.2% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned6,375AAberdare East19.3% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned6,869AAberdare West and Llwydcoed22.7% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned9,642BBeddau 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% owned2,939CCwmbach20.6% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned5,112CCymer19.6% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned5,743GGlyn-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% owned2,306HHirwaun, Penderyn and Rhigos24.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned6,204

All 46 wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf

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.