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Electoral wardW05001048Gŵyr

Gower ward, Swansea

Gower is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,931 residents in 1,231 households — 31 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20212,931council ward average 7,453
Households1,2312.38 residents per household
Density31/ km²about 93.64 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+32.9%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.4% · 71
5–94.2% · 122
10–156.9% · 202
16–194.1% · 121
20–243.7% · 107
25–346.0% · 176
35–4913.6% · 399
50–6426.3% · 770
65–7417.6% · 517
75–8411.4% · 335
85+3.8% · 111

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.0% · 86
1 car or van34.2% · 421
2 cars or vans37.5% · 462
3 or more21.3% · 262
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright59.8% · 736
With mortgage24.6% · 303
Shared ownership0.7% · 9
Social rented5.7% · 70
Private rented9.1% · 112
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house72.5% · 893
Semi-detached house19.9% · 245
Terraced house3.5% · 43
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 21
Converted house0.5% · 6
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 17
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.