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  • Cardiff West constituency
  • Council areas it covers parts of (approximate outlines)
  • Marker: a point inside the constituency

The outline is the constituency. Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence. Use Full screen for the layers: neighbourhood deprivation (IoD2025, England only) and nearby schools. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Covers parts of 2 councils

Cardiff West is not a single council area. The share is the proportion of its residents (Census 2021 population, allocated by postcode) who live in each council area.

Council-level figures on these pages (anything the Office for National Statistics or the councils publish only for a council area) are labelled with the council they describe, and the other councils' values are listed beside them. A council figure is never the figure for the whole constituency.

People

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107,324
Resident population · 2024
3%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
1.3 percentage points higher than Wales
Wales 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Cardiff West (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Cardiff West (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£285,000
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
33% higher than Wales
Wales £215,000
2.3%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
About the same as Wales
Wales 2.4%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Cardiff West (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Cardiff West (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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40%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above · 2021
Cardiff council area figure, covering 93% of this constituency
8.5 percentage points higher than Wales
Wales 31.5%
16.3%
Adults with no qualifications · 2021
Cardiff council area figure, covering 93% of this constituency
3.6 percentage points lower than Wales
Wales 19.9%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Cardiff (Council area)direct, high quality
Same figure for the other councils it covers: Rhondda Cynon Taf (7%) 26.7%.
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Cardiff (Council area)direct, high quality
Same figure for the other councils it covers: Rhondda Cynon Taf (7%) 24.2%.
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Economy

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5,870
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
54.7 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
About the same as Wales
Wales 55.2 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Cardiff West (Constituency)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Cardiff West (Constituency)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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81.3 per 1,000
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026
20% higher than Wales
Wales 67.6 per 1,000
239
Charities registered here · Oct 2026
Fewer than Wales here 2.2 per 1,000
Wales 2.5 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents
police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk
Street-level crime (12 monthly files)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Year to Apr 2026Cardiff West (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
12 months to April 2026. 2.6% of South Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Cardiff West (Constituency)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Wales 2.5 per 1,000, here 2.2 per 1,000.
Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

The future

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How much of the work residents do generally available AI tools could speed up Cardiff figure

  • A small part 46.6%
  • Some 20.2%
  • Much 31.6%
  • Not yet assessed 1.6%

CareerMash staging data (11 Oct 2026), approved by the owner for this preview, subject to change; not yet independently validated

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from its surroundings, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

Homeshigh confidence

Higher than Wales: Typical (median) home sale price

Typical (median) home sale price is £285,000 in Cardiff West (Year to Oct 2025), compared with £215,000 in Wales (33% higher; n = 1,321).

£285,000 here£215,000 Wales
How do we know this?
Source
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))
Period
Year to Oct 2025
Geography
Constituency, compared with Wales
Method
Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.
Limitations
  • Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 only.
See Living here
Economymedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months

Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months is 1.9% in Cardiff West (Year to 4 Nov 2026 vs Year to 4 Nov 2025), compared with -31.7% in Wales (33.6 percentage points higher).

1.9% here-31.7% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026 (to confirm (Companies House API terms; the register data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0))
Period
Year to 4 Nov 2026 vs Year to 4 Nov 2025
Geography
Constituency, compared with Wales
Method
Company dissolutions and net formation. Dissolutions are companies Companies House records as dissolved, counted on the dissolution date and located by the postcode of the registered office held at dissolution. That address is often an accountant, formation agent or liquidator, not where the company traded, so it says where a company was registered, not where a business closed. Every dissolution day since 1 January 2010 was fetched one day at a time and checked: the number of companies stored equals the number the register reports for that day. The latest window is the 365 days ending the latest complete day; the prior window is the 365 days before it; annual figures are complete calendar years. The route to dissolution (strike-off, end of liquidation, merger) is not recorded, so dissolutions are not split. Net formation = companies incorporated in the period (all that were ever registered in it, whether or not they have since been dissolved) minus companies dissolved in the period. The two groups are different companies and are located by different addresses, current for companies still on the register and last held for dissolved ones. Net formation compares registered offices, not jobs, trading or business closures.
Limitations
  • Registered offices are not operating locations; many companies are registered at an agent or accountant address.
  • Registered-office events are not new local employers, closures or job changes.
See Economy
Educationmedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) (Cardiff figure)

Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) is 24.2% in Cardiff council area (2025/26), compared with 20.5% in Wales (3.7 percentage points higher; n = 44,571).

Cardiff figure

24.2% Cardiff figure20.5% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Welsh Government: Schools census: pupils in maintained schools aged 5 to 15 eligible for free school meals, by local authority (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025/26
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
School summaries for Wales and Scotland. Wales and Scotland do not publish the same measures as England, and none are comparable with England's Ofsted, Key Stage 2 or GCSE Attainment 8 figures. For Wales we hold the January pupil census: pupils aged 5 to 15 in maintained schools and the share eligible for free school meals (eligibility rules changed with universal primary meals and transitional protection, so compare years with care). For Scotland we hold school-leaver attainment (share of leavers with five or more awards at SCQF level 5 or level 6) and the share in a positive initial destination, by the council area of the school. These describe the pupils and leavers of schools in the area, not its residents. Percentages for small councils rest on small numbers of leavers.
Limitations
  • Excludes pupils who are only transitionally protected.
  • Cardiff West covers parts of 2 council areas (Cardiff 93%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 7%); the figure shown is for Cardiff only, not for the whole constituency.
  • This figure is for the Cardiff council area, not for Cardiff West itself.
See Education
Economymedium confidence

Larger share in "Financial and insurance activities": Jobs by industry (SIC section) (Cardiff figure)

In the breakdown "Jobs by industry (SIC section)" (2024), "Financial and insurance activities" makes up 7.6% in Cardiff council area, compared with 2.6% in Wales.

Cardiff figure

7.6% Cardiff figure2.6% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
2024
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Employment by industry (BRES). BRES is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed industry and area. Employment is employees plus working owners, counted at the place of work and in the survey week in September. It covers all sectors except small farm agriculture, and the self-employed who are not registered for PAYE or VAT. ONS rounds BRES employment and suppresses small cells, so industry sums may not add to the total. Jobs here are not residents: people may live elsewhere. Part-time and full-time jobs count equally (they are not full-time equivalents).
Limitations
  • Cardiff West covers parts of 2 council areas (Cardiff 93%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 7%); the figure shown is for Cardiff only, not for the whole constituency.
  • This figure is for the Cardiff council area, not for Cardiff West itself.
See Economy
Homesmedium confidence

Wide range between wards in Cardiff West: Share of home sales that are new-build

Share of home sales that are new-build (Year to Oct 2025) varies within Cardiff West: from 0.0% in Pontyclun West to 24.9% in Pentyrch and St Fagans, across 9 wards. The upper tenth of wards is 19.8 percentage points above the lower tenth.

Pentyrch and St Fagans figure

24.9% Pentyrch and St Fagans0% Pontyclun West
How do we know this?
Source
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))
Period
Year to Oct 2025
Geography
Ward, compared with lowest-value ward (Pontyclun West)
Method
Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.
Limitations
  • Ward and neighbourhood boundaries differ in size; the range shows variation within the area, not a ranking of places.
See Living here
The futurehigh confidence

Residents retired

16.9% of residents aged 16+ in Cardiff (one of the council areas Cardiff West covers parts of: Cardiff 93%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 7%) were retired on Census day, lower than the 21.6% for England and Wales (Census 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic).

16.9% here21.6% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Constituency, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Census day was 21 March 2021, during the pandemic and furlough.
  • Shown separately from other measures; no composite.
See The future

What's changing in Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf (the council areas it covers)

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