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Electoral wardW05001110Trefforest

Treforest ward, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Treforest is one of 46 electoral wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,171 residents in 1,770 households — 1,369 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Pontypridd constituency.

Residents, 20215,171council ward average 5,166
Households1,7702.92 residents per household
Density1,369/ km²about 3.78 km² · Rhondda Cynon Taf 560
Aged 65+7.9%Rhondda Cynon Taf: 19.6% · under 16: 12.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 192
5–94.4% · 228
10–154.2% · 219
16–1910.4% · 539
20–2431.1% · 1,606
25–3416.6% · 860
35–4912.8% · 663
50–648.9% · 458
65–744.2% · 216
75–842.7% · 139
85+1.0% · 52

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.9% · 599
1 car or van38.1% · 672
2 cars or vans18.8% · 331
3 or more9.2% · 163
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.5% · 381
With mortgage16.8% · 297
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented11.2% · 198
Private rented50.1% · 887
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house8.1% · 144
Semi-detached house16.7% · 295
Terraced house62.0% · 1,098
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 141
Converted house3.7% · 65
Other conversion0.7% · 13
Above shop / office0.8% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001110
Constituency
Pontypridd
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Trefforest
Density rank in council
8 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.