Local authority · W06000013
Bridgend
In useBridgend is a local authority in Wales, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- W06000013
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 250 km²
- Population
- 147,530Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
91 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
- Bridgend 001A
- Bridgend 001B
- Bridgend 001C
- Bridgend 001D
- Bridgend 001E
- Bridgend 002A
- Bridgend 002B
- Bridgend 002C
- Bridgend 002D
- Bridgend 002E
- Bridgend 003A
- Bridgend 003B
- Bridgend 003C
- Bridgend 003D
- Bridgend 003E
- Bridgend 003F
- Bridgend 004A
- Bridgend 004B
- Bridgend 004C
- Bridgend 004D
- Bridgend 004E
- Bridgend 005A
- Bridgend 005B
- Bridgend 005C
- Bridgend 005D
- Bridgend 006A
- Bridgend 006B
- Bridgend 006C
- Bridgend 007A
- Bridgend 007B
- Bridgend 007C
- Bridgend 007D
- Bridgend 008A
- Bridgend 008B
- Bridgend 008C
- Bridgend 008D
- Bridgend 008E
- Bridgend 008F
- Bridgend 009A
- Bridgend 009B
- Bridgend 009C
- Bridgend 009D
- Bridgend 009E
- Bridgend 009F
- Bridgend 010A
- Bridgend 010B
- Bridgend 010C
- Bridgend 010D
- Bridgend 011B
- Bridgend 011C
- Bridgend 011D
- Bridgend 011E
- Bridgend 011F
- Bridgend 011G
- Bridgend 012A
- Bridgend 012B
- Bridgend 012C
- Bridgend 012D
- Bridgend 013A
- Bridgend 013B
- Bridgend 013C
- Bridgend 014A
- Bridgend 014B
- Bridgend 014C
- Bridgend 014D
- Bridgend 014E
- Bridgend 015A
- Bridgend 015B
- Bridgend 015C
- Bridgend 015D
- Bridgend 016A
- Bridgend 016B
- Bridgend 016C
- Bridgend 016D
- Bridgend 017B
- Bridgend 017C
- Bridgend 017D
- Bridgend 017E
- Bridgend 017F
- Bridgend 017G
- Bridgend 017H
- Bridgend 018A
- Bridgend 018B
- Bridgend 018C
- Bridgend 018D
- Bridgend 018E
- Bridgend 018F
- Bridgend 019A
- Bridgend 019B
- Bridgend 019C
- Bridgend 019D
20 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Brackla
- Bridgend
- Cefn Cribwr
- Coity Higher
- Cornelly
- Coychurch Higher
- Coychurch Lower
- Garw Valley
- Laleston
- Llangynwyd Lower
- Llangynwyd Middle
- Maesteg
- Merthyr Mawr
- Newcastle Higher
- Ogmore Valley
- Pencoed
- Porthcawl
- Pyle
- St. Bride's Minor
- Ynysawdre
28 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Aberkenfig
- Blackmill
- Brackla East and Coychurch Lower
- Brackla East Central
- Brackla West
- Brackla West Central
- Bridgend Central
- Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr
- Caerau
- Cefn-glas
- Coity Higher
- Cornelly
- Garw Valley
- Llangynwyd
- Maesteg East
- Maesteg West
- Nant-y-moel
- Newton
- Nottage
- Ogmore Vale
- Oldcastle
- Pen-y-fai
- Pencoed and Penprysg
- Porthcawl East Central
- Porthcawl West Central
- Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr
- Rest Bay
- St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre
Neighbours
3 local authorities share a border with Bridgend, longest border first.
- Neath Port Talbot 32.7 km
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 22.7 km
- Vale of Glamorgan 13.5 km
Data published for it
25 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Bridgend itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Mobile Coverage2025
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation2019
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000013?include=capabilities