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West Cross ward, Swansea

West Cross is one of 32 electoral wards of Swansea (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,726 residents in 2,761 households — 2,463 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gower constituency.

Residents, 20215,726council ward average 7,453
Households2,7612.07 residents per household
Density2,463/ km²about 2.33 km² · Swansea 632
Aged 65+30.5%Swansea: 20.5% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 236
5–95.0% · 289
10–156.2% · 353
16–194.4% · 252
20–243.8% · 218
25–348.5% · 485
35–4917.0% · 974
50–6420.5% · 1,172
65–7414.4% · 822
75–8411.3% · 646
85+4.9% · 279

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.2% · 585
1 car or van44.5% · 1,230
2 cars or vans26.2% · 724
3 or more8.0% · 222
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.5% · 1,228
With mortgage23.6% · 651
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented21.0% · 580
Private rented10.4% · 288
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house23.0% · 634
Semi-detached house41.6% · 1,148
Terraced house16.3% · 450
Purpose-built flat17.1% · 471
Converted house1.2% · 34
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
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.