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Electoral wardW05001100Tref Pontypridd

Pontypridd Town ward, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Pontypridd Town is one of 46 electoral wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,910 residents in 1,292 households — 1,242 people per km², the 41st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Pontypridd constituency.

Residents, 20212,910council ward average 5,166
Households1,2922.25 residents per household
Density1,242/ km²about 2.34 km² · Rhondda Cynon Taf 560
Aged 65+24.6%Rhondda Cynon Taf: 19.6% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 147
5–95.6% · 163
10–155.3% · 153
16–194.3% · 124
20–244.8% · 139
25–3411.3% · 329
35–4918.2% · 531
50–6420.9% · 608
65–7413.1% · 382
75–848.7% · 254
85+2.7% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.4% · 225
1 car or van43.5% · 562
2 cars or vans29.6% · 382
3 or more9.5% · 123
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.6% · 629
With mortgage29.2% · 378
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented6.8% · 88
Private rented15.1% · 196

Type of home

Detached house16.8% · 217
Semi-detached house43.4% · 561
Terraced house25.5% · 329
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 116
Converted house1.0% · 13
Other conversion2.9% · 37
Above shop / office1.5% · 19
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001100
Constituency
Pontypridd
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Tref Pontypridd
Density rank in council
10 of 46

Communities in the ward

Pontypridd Town

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.