Electoral wardW05001378Cwmbrân Uchaf
Upper Cwmbran ward, Torfaen
Upper Cwmbran is one of 18 electoral wards of Torfaen (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,839 residents in 2,444 households — 1,190 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torfaen constituency.
Residents, 20215,839council ward average 5,127
Households2,4442.39 residents per household
Density1,190/ km²about 4.91 km² · Torfaen 734
Aged 65+17.4%Torfaen: 20.8% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 363
5–97.0% · 407
10–158.8% · 514
16–194.5% · 262
20–245.5% · 324
25–3413.6% · 795
35–4918.7% · 1,093
50–6418.2% · 1,065
65–7410.1% · 592
75–845.4% · 315
85+1.9% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.1% · 612
1 car or van44.6% · 1,088
2 cars or vans22.6% · 551
3 or more7.7% · 187
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Torfaen overall: 64.4% owned, 23.8% social rented, 11.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.9% · 683
With mortgage24.3% · 593
Social rented36.0% · 881
Private rented11.7% · 286
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 160
Semi-detached house22.7% · 555
Terraced house60.7% · 1,483
Purpose-built flat9.4% · 229
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001378- Council
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Cwmbrân Uchaf
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 18
Communities in the ward
Upper Cwmbran
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% owned3,790PPontypool Fawr22.2% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned7,448
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.