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Electoral wardW05001060Penlle'r-gaer

Penllergaer ward, Swansea

Penllergaer is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,580 residents in 1,473 households — 583 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20213,580council ward average 7,453
Households1,4732.43 residents per household
Density583/ km²about 6.14 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+18.2%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 226
5–97.5% · 268
10–157.6% · 271
16–193.9% · 138
20–244.0% · 144
25–3412.9% · 463
35–4921.6% · 773
50–6418.1% · 647
65–7410.2% · 366
75–846.4% · 230
85+1.5% · 54

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.2% · 165
1 car or van39.5% · 582
2 cars or vans37.0% · 544
3 or more12.3% · 181
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.1% · 503
With mortgage40.7% · 599
Shared ownership0.7% · 11
Social rented14.3% · 210
Private rented10.1% · 149
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house44.2% · 650
Semi-detached house43.3% · 637
Terraced house7.4% · 109
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 68
Converted house0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 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.