Electoral wardW05001374Pont-y-pŵl Fawr
Pontypool Fawr ward, Torfaen
Pontypool Fawr is one of 18 electoral wards of Torfaen (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,448 residents in 3,363 households — 467 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torfaen constituency.
Residents, 20217,448council ward average 5,127
Households3,3632.21 residents per household
Density467/ km²about 15.93 km² · Torfaen 734
Aged 65+22.2%Torfaen: 20.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 384
5–95.7% · 424
10–157.0% · 522
16–193.9% · 288
20–244.9% · 363
25–3412.0% · 897
35–4917.9% · 1,331
50–6421.3% · 1,583
65–7412.4% · 923
75–847.2% · 536
85+2.6% · 197
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.0% · 741
1 car or van41.7% · 1,401
2 cars or vans25.7% · 865
3 or more10.6% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Torfaen overall: 64.4% owned, 23.8% social rented, 11.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.8% · 1,137
With mortgage28.8% · 969
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented22.7% · 763
Private rented14.1% · 475
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house13.6% · 459
Semi-detached house31.3% · 1,052
Terraced house36.6% · 1,231
Purpose-built flat12.6% · 424
Converted house1.6% · 53
Other conversion1.1% · 38
Above shop / office1.1% · 37
Caravan, mobile2.1% · 69
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001374- Council
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Pont-y-pŵl Fawr
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 18
Communities in the ward
Pen TranchPontymoile
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbersychan18.9% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned6,710BBlaenavon19.5% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned6,019CCoed Eva21.8% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned2,438CCroesyceiliog26.4% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned5,143FFairwater20.5% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned5,040GGreenmeadow18.3% aged 65+ · 64.7% owned2,767LLlanfrechfa and Ponthir30.2% aged 65+ · 89.9% owned2,001LLlantarnam19.0% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned6,495LLlanyrafon27.5% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned2,494NNew Inn29.3% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned5,895PPanteg21.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned7,482PPontnewydd17.2% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned7,136PPontnewynydd and Snatchwood17.4% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned3,790SSt. Dials18.9% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned4,359
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.