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Dinas Powys ward, The Vale of Glamorgan

Dinas Powys is one of 24 electoral wards of The Vale of Glamorgan (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 8,216 residents in 3,603 households — 418 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency.

Residents, 20218,216council ward average 5,498
Households3,6032.28 residents per household
Density418/ km²about 19.65 km² · The Vale of Glamorgan 398
Aged 65+27.2%The Vale of Glamorgan: 22.0% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 435
5–95.4% · 447
10–156.6% · 546
16–193.0% · 243
20–243.9% · 318
25–3410.5% · 860
35–4917.6% · 1,442
50–6420.5% · 1,686
65–7413.1% · 1,076
75–8410.1% · 826
85+4.1% · 335

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.8% · 463
1 car or van43.0% · 1,549
2 cars or vans33.3% · 1,201
3 or more10.8% · 391
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; The Vale of Glamorgan overall: 71.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.

Owned outright46.1% · 1,661
With mortgage33.9% · 1,220
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented11.2% · 404
Private rented8.4% · 302
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house28.3% · 1,021
Semi-detached house38.2% · 1,375
Terraced house23.7% · 854
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 277
Converted house1.3% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.