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Bishopston ward, Swansea

Bishopston is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,222 residents in 1,455 households — 532 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20213,222council ward average 7,453
Households1,4552.21 residents per household
Density532/ km²about 6.05 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+34.0%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.6% · 83
5–94.4% · 143
10–157.9% · 253
16–194.6% · 149
20–242.8% · 90
25–345.9% · 189
35–4916.1% · 520
50–6421.8% · 701
65–7415.9% · 512
75–8411.9% · 382
85+6.2% · 200

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.7% · 141
1 car or van41.8% · 608
2 cars or vans35.1% · 510
3 or more13.5% · 196
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Swansea overall: 62.3% owned, 19.1% social rented, 18.0% private rented.

Owned outright58.6% · 852
With mortgage29.4% · 428
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented3.2% · 47
Private rented8.5% · 124

Type of home

Detached house59.3% · 863
Semi-detached house26.5% · 385
Terraced house3.5% · 51
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 135
Converted house0.5% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.