Pontardawe (electoral ward)

Updated on Jan 31, 2024

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Population 5,421 (2011 census) Country Wales EU Parliament Wales Ceremonial county West Glamorgan		Principal area Neath Port Talbot Sovereign state United Kingdom Welsh Assembly Neath UK parliament constituency Neath

Pontardawe is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath.

The greater part of the geographical area of the ward is made up of mountainous grassland and open moorland with a scattering of farms. However, the majority of the population is concentrated in the town of Pontardawe in the south of the ward.

In clockwise order the ward is bounded

to the north by the wards of Glanamman (in Carmarthenshire), Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, and Cwmllynfell

to the east by the wards of Ystalyfera and Godre'r Graig

to the southeast by the ward of Rhos

to the south by the wards of Allt-Wen and Trebanos

to the west by the wards of Clydach and Mawr (both in Swansea)

In the 2012 local council elections, the voter turnout was 38.64%. The results were:

Key demographics

The Welsh language is widely used in the ward. Only 46.6% of residents aged over 3 have no knowledge of Welsh.

There is a high standard of education in the ward. Only 41.6% of residents have no formal qualifications. 17.2% of residents have a higher qualification.

12.5% of the working population are senior managers and officials, 12.1% are in professional trades, and 13.3% are in associate professional and technical jobs.

The top field of employment in Pontardawe is health and social care, with 16% of the population working in this sector.

References

Pontardawe (electoral ward) Wikipedia

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