Electoral wardW05001068Y Glannau
Waterfront ward, Swansea
Waterfront is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,601 residents in 2,284 households — 1,062 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Neath and Swansea East and Swansea West constituencies.
Residents, 20213,601council ward average 7,453
Households2,2841.58 residents per household
Density1,062/ km²about 3.39 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+18.3%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 5.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.0% · 72
5–91.4% · 52
10–151.5% · 55
16–192.6% · 95
20–2418.8% · 676
25–3421.2% · 763
35–4915.7% · 567
50–6418.4% · 662
65–7410.8% · 388
75–845.8% · 210
85+1.7% · 61
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.1% · 824
1 car or van50.4% · 1,152
2 cars or vans11.6% · 266
3 or more1.8% · 42
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swansea overall: 62.3% owned, 19.1% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright19.3% · 441
With mortgage13.9% · 317
Shared ownership2.1% · 48
Social rented21.1% · 481
Private rented43.5% · 992
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house1.2% · 27
Semi-detached house3.0% · 68
Terraced house11.5% · 262
Purpose-built flat79.8% · 1,824
Converted house1.3% · 30
Other conversion2.0% · 45
Above shop / office1.2% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001068- Council
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East, Swansea West
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Y Glannau
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 32
Communities in the ward
Waterfront
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBôn-y-maen18.9% aged 65+ · 53.4% owned7,407CCastle14.0% aged 65+ · 28.7% owned13,191CClydach22.2% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned8,494CCwmbwrla19.0% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned7,526LLandore14.3% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned7,268LLlansamlet16.8% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned14,896MMorriston21.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned16,028MMynydd-bach24.7% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned8,947PPenderry13.5% aged 65+ · 32.3% owned11,489SSketty24.7% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned14,780SSt Thomas15.1% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned6,930TTownhill11.5% aged 65+ · 29.9% owned8,836UUplands13.1% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned14,023
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.