It is based upon the historic town of
Aberavon. Aberavon Ward is bounded by the wards of
Sandfields West and
Sandfields East to the south-west;
Baglan to the north;
Port Talbot to the east and
Margam to the south. The ward boundaries are defined by the roads surrounding it: the
M4 Motorway to the north east; the
A4241 to the north-west; Afan Way to the south-west and the
River Afan to the south-east. The Aberavon Ward can be roughly divided into two parts. There is the residential area to the southeastern part of the ward beside the
River Afan. The north western area consists of areas of
industrial estate land called the Baglan Industrial Park which includes a number of out of town retail premises as well as business and manufacturing premises. Aberavon is currently a ward for the purposes of
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council elections. Since 1995 it has been represented by
Labour,
Social Democrat and
Plaid Cymru councillors. ==County council elections==