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Electoral wardW05001099Gorllewin Pont-y-clun

Pontyclun West ward, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Pontyclun West is one of 46 electoral wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,201 residents in 1,436 households — 477 people per km², the 36th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff West and Pontypridd constituencies.

Residents, 20213,201council ward average 5,166
Households1,4362.23 residents per household
Density477/ km²about 6.71 km² · Rhondda Cynon Taf 560
Aged 65+23.5%Rhondda Cynon Taf: 19.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 136
5–95.2% · 167
10–157.2% · 232
16–193.9% · 124
20–244.2% · 135
25–3410.0% · 321
35–4920.5% · 655
50–6421.2% · 678
65–7411.7% · 375
75–849.2% · 294
85+2.7% · 85

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 150
1 car or van41.4% · 595
2 cars or vans36.8% · 528
3 or more11.4% · 163
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.5% · 625
With mortgage35.9% · 516
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented4.1% · 59
Private rented16.1% · 232

Type of home

Detached house30.7% · 441
Semi-detached house31.9% · 458
Terraced house28.0% · 402
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 80
Converted house1.5% · 21
Other conversion1.4% · 20
Above shop / office0.9% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001099
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Gorllewin Pont-y-clun
Density rank in council
40 of 46

Communities in the ward

LlanharryPont-y-clun

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% owned2,939CCymer19.6% 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% owned2,306LLlanharry14.8% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned3,748LLlantrisant and Talbot Green25.0% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned6,771LLlantwit Fardre21.0% aged 65+ · 87.0% owned6,195MMountain Ash20.8% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned7,249PPenrhiw-ceibr18.0% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned5,751

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.