Electoral wardW05001055Treforys
Morriston ward, Swansea
Morriston is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 16,028 residents in 7,229 households — 2,286 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Swansea West constituency.
Residents, 202116,028council ward average 7,453
Households7,2292.22 residents per household
Density2,286/ km²about 7.01 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+21.2%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 743
5–95.3% · 845
10–156.7% · 1,076
16–194.1% · 657
20–245.4% · 859
25–3413.3% · 2,132
35–4918.4% · 2,951
50–6421.0% · 3,364
65–7411.5% · 1,836
75–847.2% · 1,149
85+2.6% · 415
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.6% · 1,703
1 car or van43.0% · 3,109
2 cars or vans24.9% · 1,802
3 or more8.5% · 615
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swansea overall: 62.3% owned, 19.1% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.6% · 2,718
With mortgage28.0% · 2,025
Shared ownership0.3% · 21
Social rented16.6% · 1,202
Private rented17.3% · 1,251
Lives rent free0.3% · 19
Type of home
Detached house21.3% · 1,539
Semi-detached house36.9% · 2,671
Terraced house31.6% · 2,286
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 545
Converted house1.1% · 76
Other conversion0.5% · 36
Above shop / office1.0% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001055- Council
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Treforys
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 32
Communities in the ward
Morriston
Other wards in the same constituency
CCastle14.0% aged 65+ · 28.7% owned13,191CCwmbwrla19.0% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned7,526LLandore14.3% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned7,268MMynydd-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.