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Waunarlwydd ward, Swansea

Waunarlwydd is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 3,338 residents in 1,543 households — 1,113 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20213,338council ward average 7,453
Households1,5432.16 residents per household
Density1,113/ km²about 3.00 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+24.3%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 129
5–94.8% · 159
10–156.8% · 226
16–194.7% · 157
20–244.0% · 135
25–3411.2% · 374
35–4917.2% · 573
50–6423.2% · 775
65–7413.1% · 436
75–847.6% · 255
85+3.6% · 119

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.0% · 324
1 car or van45.0% · 694
2 cars or vans23.6% · 364
3 or more10.4% · 161
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.4% · 607
With mortgage24.2% · 373
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented24.6% · 380
Private rented11.2% · 172
Lives rent free0.5% · 8

Type of home

Detached house25.1% · 387
Semi-detached house34.8% · 536
Terraced house17.9% · 276
Purpose-built flat17.7% · 273
Converted house0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile4.0% · 62
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.