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Abersychan ward, Torfaen

Abersychan is one of 18 electoral wards of Torfaen (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,710 residents in 2,838 households — 276 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torfaen constituency.

Residents, 20216,710council ward average 5,127
Households2,8382.36 residents per household
Density276/ km²about 24.31 km² · Torfaen 734
Aged 65+18.9%Torfaen: 20.8% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 378
5–96.7% · 449
10–158.1% · 545
16–194.4% · 295
20–245.6% · 377
25–3412.6% · 848
35–4917.1% · 1,150
50–6420.8% · 1,398
65–7410.3% · 688
75–846.5% · 438
85+2.2% · 145

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.4% · 522
1 car or van40.6% · 1,151
2 cars or vans29.6% · 841
3 or more11.4% · 324
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Torfaen overall: 64.4% owned, 23.8% social rented, 11.2% private rented.

Owned outright33.5% · 951
With mortgage28.0% · 796
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented29.2% · 830
Private rented9.0% · 255
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house18.9% · 537
Semi-detached house35.9% · 1,019
Terraced house35.3% · 1,002
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 250
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
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.