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Electoral wardW05001052

Llansamlet ward, Swansea

Llansamlet is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 14,896 residents in 6,241 households — 918 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Neath and Swansea East constituency.

Residents, 202114,896council ward average 7,453
Households6,2412.39 residents per household
Density918/ km²about 16.22 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+16.8%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 783
5–96.8% · 1,008
10–158.0% · 1,187
16–194.0% · 600
20–245.1% · 766
25–3413.7% · 2,044
35–4920.8% · 3,104
50–6419.5% · 2,899
65–7410.0% · 1,490
75–845.0% · 747
85+1.8% · 268

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.6% · 787
1 car or van42.5% · 2,654
2 cars or vans34.0% · 2,122
3 or more10.9% · 678
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.9% · 2,053
With mortgage37.4% · 2,334
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented15.0% · 938
Private rented14.4% · 897
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house35.1% · 2,189
Semi-detached house42.6% · 2,657
Terraced house18.2% · 1,139
Purpose-built flat3.3% · 209
Converted house0.4% · 23
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001052
Council
Swansea
Nation
Wales
Density rank in council
20 of 32

Communities in the ward

BirchgroveLlansamlet

Other wards in the same constituency

All 32 wards of Swansea

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.