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Mumbles ward, Swansea

Mumbles is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,808 residents in 3,633 households — 1,709 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20217,808council ward average 7,453
Households3,6332.15 residents per household
Density1,709/ km²about 4.57 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+32.7%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 268
5–94.2% · 330
10–156.6% · 515
16–193.7% · 290
20–243.7% · 288
25–347.2% · 561
35–4915.8% · 1,232
50–6422.6% · 1,768
65–7416.5% · 1,292
75–8410.7% · 839
85+5.4% · 425

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.9% · 467
1 car or van44.9% · 1,630
2 cars or vans31.5% · 1,146
3 or more10.7% · 390
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright54.0% · 1,961
With mortgage27.1% · 986
Shared ownership0.6% · 21
Social rented2.8% · 102
Private rented15.5% · 562
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house42.2% · 1,533
Semi-detached house21.1% · 765
Terraced house22.6% · 822
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 370
Converted house2.0% · 74
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office1.3% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
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.