Electoral wardW05001750Pen-y-cae
Penycae ward, Wrexham County Borough
Penycae is one of 49 electoral wards of Wrexham County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,186 residents in 865 households — 1,418 people per km², the 38th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr constituency.
Residents, 20212,186council ward average 2,757
Households8652.53 residents per household
Density1,418/ km²about 1.54 km² · Wrexham County Borough 268
Aged 65+15.7%Wrexham County Borough: 20.3% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 151
5–97.4% · 163
10–158.9% · 195
16–195.0% · 110
20–246.6% · 144
25–3411.7% · 257
35–4918.6% · 408
50–6419.0% · 416
65–749.7% · 212
75–844.3% · 94
85+1.7% · 38
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.9% · 181
1 car or van41.6% · 359
2 cars or vans26.4% · 228
3 or more11.1% · 96
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wrexham County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.0% social rented, 15.8% private rented.
Owned outright28.2% · 244
With mortgage27.1% · 234
Shared ownership0.3% · 3
Social rented34.7% · 300
Private rented9.0% · 78
Lives rent free0.6% · 5
Type of home
Detached house16.9% · 146
Semi-detached house59.1% · 511
Terraced house22.7% · 196
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 10
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001750- Council
- Wrexham County Borough
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Pen-y-cae
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 49
Communities in the ward
Penycae
Other wards in the same constituency
AAcrefair North13.8% aged 65+ · 18.8% owned2,123CCefn East18.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned2,168CCefn West23.3% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned2,613CChirk 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% owned5,451PPenycae 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.