Pontardawe is the name of an
electoral ward of
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot ( cy, Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf ...
county borough,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. 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
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
),
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen ( cy, Gwauncaegurwen) is a village and community in the borough of Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower ...
, and
Cwmllynfell
Cwmllynfell () is the name of a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Amenities
Cwmllynfell has its own local rugby union team - Cwmllynfell RFC. Also, a bilingual primary school, supermarket, post o ...
*to the east by the wards of
Ystalyfera
Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community (Wales), community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about northeast of Swansea. It is an ward (politics), electoral ward and a community (Wales), community in the unitary a ...
and
Godre'r Graig
Godre'r Graig is a village and an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
The village developed alongside the coal workings at the Tarenni Colliery, which closed in 1949.
In 2008 the community came together at a public meeti ...
*to the southeast by the ward of
Rhos
*to the south by the wards of
Alltwen and
Trebanos
Trebanos ( cy, Trebannws) is a village in the Swansea Valley, Wales. With Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe, it forms the Trebanos electoral ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wal ...
*to the west by the wards of
Clydach and
Mawr
240px, Pre-2022 Mawr electoral ward
Mawr is a community (and former electoral ward) of the City and County of Swansea, in south Wales, U.K. Mawr has its own elected community council. Its name simply means "large", and it was given the name ...
(both in
Swansea)
Local council elections
In the
2017 local council elections, the
voter turnout
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was 44%. The results were:
Key demographics
*The
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...
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.
Neath Port Talbot County Borough statistics 2008
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References
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Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot