§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the population of each of the district council areas in Wales at the most recent convenient date, and the comparable figures 10 years previously.
§ Mr. Alec Jones.The mid-year estimates of the home population of the districts of Wales for 1965 and 1975 are given in the table below:
Area 1965 population 1975 population CLWYD Alyn and Deeside 55,600 70,100 Colwyn 41,800 46,400 Delyn 52,600 61,400 Glyndwr 38,400 39,000 Rhuddlan 45,300 49,800 Wrexham Maelor 103,200 108,100 DYFED Carmarthen 49,500 49,900 Ceredigion 54,000 57,400 Dinefwr 38,100 36,100 Llanelli 78,500 76,800 Preseli 61,000 63,500 South Pembrokeshire 34,400 38,000 GWENT Blaenau Gwent 90,900 83,700 Islwyn 66,400 66,000 Monmouth 60,200 67,100 Newport 33,300 133,500 Torfaen 83,700 89,800 GWYNEDD Aberconwy 47,700 50,200 Arfon 52,100 53,300 Dwyfor 27,100 26,100 Meirionnydd 33,000 30,700 Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey 56,000 63,900 MID GLAMORGAN Cynon Valley 71,300 69,600 Merthyr Tydfil 65,800 60,600 Ogwr 116,700 128,200 Rhondda 96,500 86,400 Rhymney Valley . 96,500 105,700 Taff-Ely … 76,800 89,600 POWYS Brecknock 38,400 37,300 Montgomery 43,100 44,200 Radnor 17,900 19,300 SOUTH GLAMORGAN Cardiff 292,700 284,400 Vale of Glamorgan 95,200 107,200 WEST GLAMORGAN Afan 60,900 58,200 Lliw Valley 56,600 57,800 Neath 69,300 65,200 Swansea 185,700 190,500