Electoral wardW05001065
St Thomas ward, Swansea
St Thomas is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,930 residents in 3,130 households — 2,069 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Neath and Swansea East constituency.
Residents, 20216,930council ward average 7,453
Households3,1302.21 residents per household
Density2,069/ km²about 3.35 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+15.1%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 404
5–96.4% · 446
10–156.4% · 443
16–194.9% · 338
20–2411.4% · 788
25–3414.6% · 1,009
35–4918.4% · 1,274
50–6417.0% · 1,179
65–748.1% · 563
75–845.1% · 352
85+1.9% · 133
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.4% · 984
1 car or van43.1% · 1,349
2 cars or vans20.4% · 638
3 or more5.0% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swansea overall: 62.3% owned, 19.1% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright30.5% · 953
With mortgage23.1% · 722
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented18.9% · 592
Private rented27.0% · 843
Lives rent free0.4% · 11
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 136
Semi-detached house23.7% · 743
Terraced house60.8% · 1,902
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 209
Converted house2.2% · 69
Other conversion1.3% · 40
Above shop / office1.0% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001065- Council
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 32
Communities in the ward
St Thomas
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.