# Wainfelin

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Waunfelin
| constituency_welsh_assembly = 
| map_type = 
| official_name = Wainfelin
| unitary_wales = [Torfaen](/source/Torfaen)
| lieutenancy_wales = [Gwent](/source/Gwent_(county))
| constituency_westminster = [Torfaen](/source/Torfaen_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town = PONTYPOOL
| postcode_district = NP4
| postcode_area = NP
| dial_code = 01495
| os_grid_reference = SO275015
| population = 2,434
| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13696884&c=Wainfelin&d=14&e=62&g=6496569&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1446729223815&enc=1|title=Pontypool Ward population 2011|accessdate=5 November 2015}}</ref>
}}

'''Wainfelin''' ({{langx|cy|Waunfelin}}) is a [suburb](/source/suburb) of [Pontypool](/source/Pontypool) (though part of the [Pen Tranch](/source/Pen_Tranch) [community](/source/Community_(Wales))) in the [county borough](/source/county_borough) of [Torfaen](/source/Torfaen), in south-east [Wales](/source/Wales).

==Demographics==
At the [United Kingdom Census 2001](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) [demographics](/source/demographics) showed:
*Population 2,422 (Torfaen 90,949)
*49.2% Male, 50.8% Female
*Ages
**21.4% aged between 0-15
**40.7% aged between 16-44
**21.4% aged 45–59/64
**16.5% of pensionable age

==Governance==
Wainfelin forms an electoral ward electing a community councillor to Pontypool Community Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Councillors - Ward Map|url=https://pontypoolcc.gov.uk/your-community-council/community-councillors/ |publisher=Pontypool Community Council |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref>

Until [May 2022](/source/2022_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election) Wainfelin was a ward to [Torfaen County Borough Council](/source/Torfaen_County_Borough_Council).<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Changes) Order 2002|year=2002|number=3279|accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref> Following a 2021 boundary review, the ward was combined with the community of [Pontymoile](/source/Pontymoile) to form a new ward called [Pontypool Fawr](/source/Pontypool_Fawr), electing three councillors.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021|year=2021|number=1139|accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Suburbs of Pontypool
Category:Electoral wards of Torfaen

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