HC Deb 11 November 1988 vol 140 cc327-8W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each local authority in Wales, the number of people estimated as being(a) 65 plus and (b) 75 plus years.

Mr. Grist

The latest estimates are shown in the following table:

Population Mid-1987 (thousands)
Local Authority Aged 65 and over Aged 75 and over
Alyn and Deeside 9.8 3.9
Colwyn 12.0 5.8
Delyn 9.6 4.0
Glyndwr 7.7 3.3
Rhuddlan 12.2 5.8
Wrexham Maelor 17.6 7.4
Clwyd 69.0 30.2
Carmarthen 10.0 4.0
Ceredigion 12.0 5.2
Dinefwr 7.1 2.9
Llanelli 14.3 5.9
Preseli Pembrokeshire 11.0 4.4
South Pembroke 6.5 2.7
Dyfed 60.9 25.1
Blaenua Gwent 13.3 5.6
Islwyn 10.4 4.3
Monmouth 12.0 5.0
Newport 18.9 7.6
Torfaen 13.1 5.1
Gwent 67.8 27.6
Aberconwy 12.0 5.7
Arfon 8.9 4.0
Dwyfor 5.8 2.5
Merionnydd 6.4 2.9
Ynys Mon 11.3 4.9
Gwynedd 44.4 20.0
Cynon Valley 11.0 4.5
Merthyr Tydfil 9.5 3.9
Ogwr 20.3 8.1
Rhondda 14.0 5.8
Rhymney Valley 13.4 5.1
Taff-Ely 11.8 4.5
Mid Glamorgan 80.1 31.8
Brecknock 7.5 3.1
Montgomeryshire 8.7 3.7
Radnor 4.1 1.7
Powys 20.4 8.6
Cardiff 44.1 18.9

Local Authority Aged 65 and over Aged 75 and over
Vale of Glamorgan 16.8 7.0
South Glamorgan 60.9 25.9
Port Talbot 8.5 3.3
Lliw Valley 10.7 4.4
Neath 11.4 4.8
Swansea 31.1 13.0
West Glamorgan 61.7 25.5
Total for Wales 465.1 194.7

Source: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys