Electoral wardW05001723Gorllewin Cefn
Cefn West ward, Wrexham County Borough
Cefn West is one of 49 electoral wards of Wrexham County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,613 residents in 1,185 households — 477 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr constituency.
Residents, 20212,613council ward average 2,757
Households1,1852.21 residents per household
Density477/ km²about 5.48 km² · Wrexham County Borough 268
Aged 65+23.3%Wrexham County Borough: 20.3% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 143
5–94.7% · 123
10–157.0% · 184
16–193.4% · 90
20–245.2% · 135
25–3411.5% · 300
35–4917.8% · 464
50–6421.6% · 565
65–7413.1% · 341
75–847.7% · 201
85+2.5% · 66
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 225
1 car or van40.9% · 485
2 cars or vans29.2% · 346
3 or more10.9% · 129
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wrexham County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.0% social rented, 15.8% private rented.
Owned outright36.2% · 429
With mortgage28.4% · 337
Shared ownership0.3% · 3
Social rented20.4% · 242
Private rented14.0% · 166
Lives rent free0.8% · 9
Type of home
Detached house23.5% · 279
Semi-detached house39.7% · 470
Terraced house25.5% · 302
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 99
Converted house0.9% · 11
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office1.4% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001723- Council
- Wrexham County Borough
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Gorllewin Cefn
- Density rank in council
- 34 of 49
Communities in the ward
Cefn
Other wards in the same constituency
AAcrefair North13.8% aged 65+ · 18.8% owned2,123CCefn East18.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned2,168CChirk North21.4% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned2,422CChirk South25.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned1,974DDyffryn Ceiriog27.0% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned2,064EEsclusham17.6% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned2,760PPant and Johnstown21.3% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned5,451PPenycae15.7% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned2,186PPenycae and Ruabon South21.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned2,604PPonciau22.2% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned2,516RRhos18.2% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned2,196RRuabon16.9% aged 65+ · 53.0% owned2,965
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.