Electoral wardW05001041Y Castell
Castle ward, Swansea
Castle is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 13,191 residents in 6,311 households — 5,752 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Swansea West constituency.
Residents, 202113,191council ward average 7,453
Households6,3112.09 residents per household
Density5,752/ km²about 2.29 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+14.0%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 12.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 536
5–93.8% · 495
10–154.3% · 572
16–195.7% · 753
20–2417.6% · 2,320
25–3416.9% · 2,224
35–4917.5% · 2,314
50–6416.2% · 2,133
65–747.4% · 970
75–844.4% · 579
85+2.2% · 296
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van50.6% · 3,191
1 car or van36.7% · 2,318
2 cars or vans9.5% · 598
3 or more3.2% · 204
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swansea overall: 62.3% owned, 19.1% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright17.0% · 1,073
With mortgage11.7% · 740
Shared ownership0.2% · 14
Social rented33.5% · 2,113
Private rented37.3% · 2,355
Lives rent free0.3% · 17
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 153
Semi-detached house6.2% · 394
Terraced house41.8% · 2,636
Purpose-built flat38.2% · 2,413
Converted house6.7% · 422
Other conversion2.0% · 128
Above shop / office2.5% · 159
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001041- Council
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Castell
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 32
Communities in the ward
Castle
Other wards in the same constituency
CCwmbwrla19.0% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned7,526LLandore14.3% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned7,268MMorriston21.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned16,028MMynydd-bach24.7% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned8,947PPenderry13.5% aged 65+ · 32.3% owned11,489SSketty24.7% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned14,780TTownhill11.5% aged 65+ · 29.9% owned8,836UUplands13.1% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned14,023WWaterfront18.3% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned3,601
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.