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[Expand]Click here to sortAll CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.[Expand]Click here to sortAll CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.[Collapse]All CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.Click here to sortAll CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.[Collapse]All CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.Click here to sortAll CaravansThe total number of caravans on all authorised and unauthorised sites.
[Expand]Click here to sortAuthorised Sites (with planning permission)The number of caravans present on authorised sites with planning permission which are either local authority sites or privately owned.[Expand]Click here to sortUnauthorised Sites (without planning permission)The number of caravans which present on unauthorised sites which have no planning permission. The number of caravans has been recorded by whether they were on land owned by Gypsies or not, and whether they were tolerated or not.[Expand]Click here to sortAuthorised Sites (with planning permission)The number of caravans present on authorised sites with planning permission which are either local authority sites or privately owned.[Expand]Click here to sortUnauthorised Sites (without planning permission)The number of caravans which present on unauthorised sites which have no planning permission. The number of caravans has been recorded by whether they were on land owned by Gypsies or not, and whether they were tolerated or not.
[Collapse]Total Welsh local authorities1,0641,0509361151,0519721201,092
Total Welsh local authorities[Expand]Isle of Anglesey281011011
[Expand]Gwynedd22221541915419
[Expand]Conwy44426404
[Expand]Denbighshire00011044
[Expand]Flintshire130139140914913310143
[Expand]Wrexham37463914041243
[Expand]Powys45473874532638
[Expand]Ceredigion18201313527
[Expand]Pembrokeshire14014215331561713174
[Expand]Carmarthenshire57534875561768
[Expand]Swansea29221772410313
[Expand]Neath Port Talbot9910810001001010101
[Expand]Bridgend7660622224
[Expand]Vale of Glamorgan28311192012425
[Expand]Cardiff19518518501852020202
[Expand]Rhondda Cynon Taf25252512623427
[Expand]Merthyr Tydfil34342463033639
[Expand]Caerphilly00000066
[Expand]Blaenau Gwent24232302325025
[Expand]Torfaen74808008065065
[Expand]Monmouthshire91174116410
[Expand]Newport5969313061223254

Metadata

Title

Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans

Last update

22 April 2020 22 April 2020

Next update

September 2020 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Gypsy and traveller caravan count, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Gypsy Traveller Caravan Count; housing; equality and diversity

General description

The Information presented here is taken from the the bi-annual Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Count conducted by Local Authorities in Wales. It sets out the number of Gypsy and Traveller caravans on authorised and unauthorised sites in Wales.

Data collection and calculation

Since January 2011, the counts have been conducted by the data collection team within the Welsh Government’s Statistical Directorate. Previous data collections had been conducted by the Department for Communities and Local Government (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).

Frequency of publication

Twice yearly

Data reference periods

The count is carried out in January and July every year.

Users, uses and context

The data presented here forms part of the evidence base when assessing bids from Local Authorities for the Gypsy and Traveller New Sites Grant and Gypsy and Traveller Refurbishment Grant.

Rounding applied

None

Statistical quality

The response and quality of the count can be affected by the following factors:
- Local Authorities not completing their returns;
- inadequate counting practices;
- geography – particularly in large rural areas which require correspondingly large resources to map all sites;
- Gypsy and Traveller mistrust; and
- the counts are voluntary, with no rewards to Local Authorities completing their returns or penalties for those that fail to do so.