Cardiff North covers the northern suburbs of Cardiff, including areas such as Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Llanishen, Heath, Lisvane and Thornhill. It lies between the denser central city and the more open countryside beyond Cardiff’s northern edge. Much of the constituency has a suburban residential character, with local centres, parks and railway corridors connecting its neighbourhoods to central Cardiff. The land generally rises northward toward the ridges and hills outside the city, giving the outer parts a greener and lower-density setting. The constituency does not contain Cardiff city centre, but forms a broad band of established northern communities within the capital’s continuous built-up area.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Cardiff North, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population97,998
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationWales
Age profile
0 to 1719.6% · 19,194 people
18 to 2410.6% · 10,425 people
25 to 3412.6% · 12,383 people
35 to 4919.6% · 19,193 people
50 to 6418.1% · 17,775 people
65 and over19.4% · 19,028 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
38,695 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners73.8% · 28,551 households
Private renters15.3% · 5,924 households
Social renters10.4% · 4,011 households
Other tenure0.5% · 209 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
38,697 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households29.8% · 11,517 households
Families with dependent children28.4% · 10,988 households
Other single-family households37.5% · 14,524 households
Other household types4.3% · 1,668 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
93,891 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.2% · 6,740 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little10.2% · 9,584 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6% · 77,567 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency372
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded114
Total awarded£4,377,346
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 29 June 2026
Garreg Filltir Las - Taith yr Arglwydd Rhys
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
£2,000
Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru · Arts
About this award
Mae’r cais hwn yn cefnogi cyfranogiad cwmni celfyddydau awyr agored rhyngwladol Spraoi yn nigwyddiad terfynol Carreg Filltir Las: Taith yr Arglwydd Rhys, sy’n nodi 850 mlynedd ers cynnal yr Eisteddfod gyntaf yng Nghastell Aberteifi. Bydd Spraoi yn cyflwyno teulu o fleiddiaid enfawr fel rhan o orymdaith gyhoeddus ar raddfa fawr drwy strydoedd Aberteifi. Bydd y perfformiad yn ychwanegu elfen weledol drawiadol o safon ryngwladol at y dathliadau, gan gryfhau cysylltiadau diwylliannol rhwng Cymru ac Iwerddon a denu cynulleidfaoedd lleol ac ymwelwyr.
National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026
Power Closet
Fflamingo CiC
£18,730
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Fflamingo CiC - Community - National Lottery Awards for All Wales
National Lottery grantAwarded 2 June 2026
Thriving Childcare Communities
Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs
£497,888
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs - Children & Young People - People and Places
National Lottery grantAwarded 27 May 2026
Drawing workshop on living in xa bilingual community
Ty n y Groes Chapel
£800
Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru · Arts
About this award
We would like to do a drawing workshop with Bedwyr Williams and Anna Farrell on living in a bilingual community. The workshop would be available to both Welsh and English first language speakers in which we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of living in a bilingual society and to show this in a pictorial form. The grant is to pay for the two people who will lead the workshop and to pay for any materials. The workshop will be on one Saturday in July and it will last 2 hours. If we have sufficient numbers we can put on two workshops , one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There has already been local interest in attending if we can secure funding.
National Lottery grantAwarded 6 May 2026
Look Darling its an Otter
Grant to Individual - GR-SMI010
£10,000
Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru · Arts
About this award
‘Look Darling it's an Otter!’ is a bi-lingual R & D of a performance piece by Rebecca Smith-Williams in partnership with RCT Theatres (RCT County Borough Council). The project had a successful initial development with RCT Theatres’ Pitch Pot scheme and now both partners would like to develop it into a full show and explore opening up the research with the local community through workshops. Centering on the time when Rebecca was out walking with her newborn baby and thought she saw an otter in her local river in Taffs Well, the show explores the bio-diversity crisis in Wales that is on our doorsteps. It will weave together humour, local stories and scientific input into a live show that will ask if it’s our responsibility to take action about any of this , and if it is , then what on earth should we do about it?!
109 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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