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Sketty ward, Swansea

Sketty is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 14,780 residents in 6,271 households — 2,175 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Swansea West constituency.

Residents, 202114,780council ward average 7,453
Households6,2712.36 residents per household
Density2,175/ km²about 6.80 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+24.7%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 561
5–95.1% · 749
10–156.1% · 899
16–198.4% · 1,243
20–246.3% · 934
25–349.6% · 1,424
35–4916.5% · 2,433
50–6419.5% · 2,884
65–7411.7% · 1,726
75–848.5% · 1,253
85+4.6% · 674

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.8% · 1,239
1 car or van42.4% · 2,660
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,785
3 or more9.4% · 587
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.7% · 2,549
With mortgage28.4% · 1,783
Shared ownership0.2% · 15
Social rented17.0% · 1,066
Private rented13.4% · 839
Lives rent free0.3% · 17

Type of home

Detached house33.7% · 2,114
Semi-detached house30.8% · 1,931
Terraced house12.4% · 780
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 1,272
Converted house1.6% · 100
Other conversion0.5% · 30
Above shop / office0.7% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.