Gibbonsdown, colloquially known as 'Gibby', is a residential area and electoral ward situated in the north east of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

Gibbonsdown borders Merthyr Dyfan to the northwest and Cadoxton to the southeast.

[2] John Chivers was arrested that night and later sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison,[3] After the murder, Gibbonsdown Residents' Board chairwoman Molly Conway made complaints about the police for a lack of manpower and patrols on an estate well known as having problems with crime and anti-social behaviour.

According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 5,895,[1] of which there are 3,753 registered voters.

[7] The Court ward to the south covers part of the Gibbonsdown area.