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Electoral wardW05001046

Fairwood ward, Swansea

Fairwood is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,776 residents in 1,159 households — 203 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20212,776council ward average 7,453
Households1,1592.4 residents per household
Density203/ km²about 13.67 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+26.1%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 102
5–95.8% · 160
10–157.0% · 193
16–194.5% · 124
20–243.9% · 108
25–348.6% · 239
35–4917.8% · 495
50–6422.7% · 630
65–7415.1% · 419
75–848.0% · 222
85+3.0% · 84

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.8% · 102
1 car or van37.0% · 429
2 cars or vans35.0% · 406
3 or more19.2% · 222
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright49.6% · 574
With mortgage32.8% · 379
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented10.4% · 120
Private rented7.1% · 82
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house52.5% · 609
Semi-detached house36.9% · 428
Terraced house5.6% · 65
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 50
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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.