Pontypridd

Parliamentary Constituency

Date elected

12th Dec 2019

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous three constituencies:

Ogmore

Covered approximately 17% of this new constituency’s population, and 15% of this new constituency’s area.

Cynon Valley

Covered approximately 43% of this new constituency’s population, and 27% of this new constituency’s area.

Pontypridd

Covered approximately 71% of this new constituency’s population, and 59% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 18.6% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 11.1% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 13.4% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 18.8% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 19.6% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 18.5% 19.1%

Constituency Population

101,000

102,977.2 national average

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 1.1% 1.1%
Construction 4.7% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 8.1% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 5.7% 7.9%
Manufacturing 3.9% 3.5%
Does not apply 55.2% 53.4%
Other 1.8% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 16.4% 14.3%
Transport and communication 3.2% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.5% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 5.5% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 5.0% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 4.7% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 4.3% 6.0%
Does not apply 55.2% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 3.6% 3.2%
Professional occupations 8.0% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 3.9% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 5.4% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

21.8%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 1.9% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 1.2% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 0.5% 1.8%
Other White 2.0% 6.3%
White British 93.7% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 7.2% 5.3%
Fair health 14.4% 12.8%
Very good or good health 78.4% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

35.9%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

25.3%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

21.2%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

44.3%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.0% 0.3%
Asian languages 0.7% 3.0%
English or Welsh 94.9% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 0.9% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.2% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.2% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.1% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 0.2% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 1.1% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 26.3% 21.3%
On foot 2.2% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 11.2% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 0.0% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.1% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 55.2% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.3% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 2.4% 1.8%
Taxi 0.1% 0.3%
Train 0.9% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

34.8%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

41.9%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

Wales

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0

Poorly insulated households

58.4%

54.1% national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 37.0% 37.2%
Neither 11.3% 12.5%
Undermined 51.7% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 34.6% 34.1%
Neither 12.5% 11.5%
Reduced 53.0% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 42.8% 44.3%
Neither 5.9% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 51.4% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 55.3% 52.5%
Neither 7.2% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 37.4% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 20.8% 21.1%
Oppose 18.1% 17.8%
Support 61.1% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Reform UK

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 71.1% 72.6%
Net disagree 9.3% 8.7%
Strongly agree 33.7% 33.8%
Partly agree 37.4% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 18.9% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6.6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 57.4% 58.9%
Net disagree 18.7% 17.6%
Strongly agree 24.3% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 33.7% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 23.9% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 10.4% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 8.3% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 56.0% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 44.0% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

27

26.2 national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

20%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

82.1%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

50%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Reform UK

This area National average
Labour 20% 22.5%
Conservative 9% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 9% 14.7%
Reform 32% 28.2%
Green 5% 8.1%
Plaid Cymru 19% 19%
Other 5% 4.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

8

1.8 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

4

2.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

8

1.9 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves