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Castle
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 Location of the (pre-2022) Castle community within Swansea | |
| Population | 15,883 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SS6593 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SWANSEA |
| Postcode district | SA1 |
| Dialling code | 01792 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Castle (Welsh: Castell) is an community and electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Castle covers most of the heart of the City of Swansea, with Swansea Castle at its centre.
Description
The electoral ward matches the community boundaries and consists of some or all of the following areas: Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Greenhill, parts of Mount Pleasant, Sandfields and Waun Wen in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward borders the wards of St. Thomas to the east; Landore and Cwmbwrla to the north; Townhill and Uplands; and Waterfront to the south.
For electoral purposes, Castle is divided into a number of polling districts: City Centre, Sandfields, George Street, Mount Pleasant, XE1 High Street, XE2 High Street, North Hill, Baptist Well, XH1 Brynmelin and XH2 Brynmelin. Castle returns 4 councillors to the local council.
The Castle ward is a Communities First area.
The community does not have its own community council.
2021 boundary review
Following a local government boundary review, the Maritime Quarter area of Castle was removed to form part of a new Waterfront ward (and community), effective from the 2022 local elections.[1] Despite being reduced in size, Castle ward continues to elect four county councillors.
Demographics
The overall population in the Castle ward and community according to the 2011 UK Census was 15,883.[2]
They had an ethnic breakdown of:[2]
Ethnic breakdown:
| Ethnic group | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| White British | 11,742 | 73.9 |
| White Irish | 105 | 0.7 |
| White Other | 834 | 5.3 |
| Black/African/Caribbean | 400 | 2.5 |
| Asian | 1,862 | 11.7 |
| Mixed ethnicity | 213 | 1.3 |
| Other (e.g. Arab) | 727 | 4.6 |
The number of people identifying themselves as Welsh was 7,321 (46.1%), Considerably lower than the figure for the county as a whole.
Local election results
Since 1995 the Castle Ward has been a four-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections. The ward is a major Labour Party stronghold.
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sybil Edith Crouch* | 1,820 | |||
| Labour | Erika Theresa Kirchner* | 1,772 | |||
| Labour | Fiona Margaret Gordon* | 1,763 | |||
| Labour | David Phillips* | 1,716 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Raymond Morris | 568 | |||
| Conservative | Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris | 534 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammad Amin Doha | 425 | |||
| Conservative | Akshit Sanjiv Khanna | 411 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Shan Couch | 349 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Damian Paul Martin | 254 | |||
| UKIP | Stan Robinson | 247 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charlene Anika | 237 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Owen John Roberts | 235 | |||
| Green | David John Smith | 220 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Harri Llwyd Roberts | 210 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Davies | 203 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | David Richards | 191 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin James Williams | 191 | |||
| TUSC | Alec Thraves | 112 | |||
| TUSC | Claire Louise Job | 97 | |||
| TUSC | Colin Thomas John | 89 | |||
| Turnout | 29.8 | +0.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2012
Following the May 2012 election the ward was represented by four Labour Party councillors: