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Cockett ward, Swansea

Cockett is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 10,405 residents in 4,452 households — 1,793 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 202110,405council ward average 7,453
Households4,4522.34 residents per household
Density1,793/ km²about 5.80 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+18.2%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 570
5–96.2% · 646
10–157.8% · 808
16–194.6% · 482
20–245.4% · 563
25–3413.2% · 1,376
35–4919.2% · 2,002
50–6419.9% · 2,068
65–749.6% · 998
75–846.1% · 633
85+2.5% · 259

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.9% · 842
1 car or van45.6% · 2,031
2 cars or vans26.8% · 1,194
3 or more8.6% · 385
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.9% · 1,466
With mortgage32.0% · 1,423
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented18.7% · 831
Private rented15.8% · 702
Lives rent free0.4% · 19

Type of home

Detached house16.9% · 754
Semi-detached house53.1% · 2,365
Terraced house23.2% · 1,033
Purpose-built flat4.9% · 220
Converted house0.4% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 39
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.